Prairie Garden

In December 2005 my brother made up a song inspired the bumbling Master of Disguise, Chief Inspector Clouseau.  He was home on Christmas bre...

I now require that the older boys stay in bed until 8:00 AM each morning. If they get up before then, they are allowed to come out to grab...

All three boys are asleep, a rarity these days.  This bronchial virus has laid them all pretty low.  It is amazing how much they are still c...

We usually have two Lego tables set up during the winter months.  One in front of the kitchen door (we never use that door in the winter) an...

I've learned my lesson before: always write down a recently developed recipe, even if I think I'm going to remember it.  With that i...

  We started off the weekend visiting Squeeze's grandparents Jamie really loved playing with his great-grandma -- He would ru...

  All wrapped up at almost 3 weeks -- How I love that button nose and downy little head.   "Safety first"...

This afternoon the boys and I started working on memorizing the first stanza from Robert Frost's poem  Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Even...

One Whaling Family: A Stirring Adventure - the Authentic Account of a Great Whaling Captain Who Took His Family to Sea - Edited by Harold ...

This morning Squeeze went outside to organize the remnants of our woodpile before "brunch" (our extremely late Saturday morning...

On Christmas Day, Jamie was in the sunroom looking at a book.  Squeeze playfully tossed a shirt onto his back, which greatly offended him.  ...

 The fruit of my labor: September 2012  All the pretty colors: BBQ sauce, lemon curd, tomato puree  Close-up of Squeeze...

I've been meaning to post for weeks, but it is just too hard.  Too much to update on.  In general: I was recently gone for an extended...

I have officially arrived into the Christmas season with Songs for Christmas by Sufjan Stevens.  This version of  The Friendly Beasts  ha...

I really enjoy the poetry of Bill Holm .  When we first moved to the rolling prairies, I discovered his books of poetry and essays at an ar...

Today is beautiful, sunny and in the upper-50's F, so I gave the older boys a choice for quiet-time while "the baby" napped.  ...

A list-post is the only thing that will do. I haven't left the house more than a handful of times for the last month and a half.  I am...

If this series isn't positive proof that we need Squeeze HERE while taking pictures, I don't know what is.  I couldn't get them...

A post two days in a row??  I  know.  I'm amazing. I've been sick for the past week with a sore throat, a cough, and congestion th...