I finished! With a whole day to spare too! This is our second highly intrusive Advent calendar, but I am glad to say that it is even cuter in person. Well, in the morning we’ll be ready!

Turns out that my son is giving away a copy of Dandelion Fire (the sequel to 100 Cupboards)  here. So hustle right over and answer his question in order to enter the contest. This is one of his advanced reader copies, because, as you know, the book won’t be released until February.

Here are my babies, getting warmed up for a day of birthday fun! I can’t believe they are a year old already, and we are all still alive! Hurray!

One of the sweet, spontaneous traditions that follows the benediction at our Sunday worship service is the attack of the grandchildren. As soon as my husband finishes the benediction, our grandchildren take off to greet him as he descends the steps. He usually just sits down on the stairs to give each one a hug. […]

In case you do yet have your very own copy of 100 Cupboards for your children, it is a great gift for Christmas. Go here to have a peek in the cupboards, and remember that the sequel, Dandelion Fire, will be coming out in the new year. If you want to leave a comment here, […]

I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving day and that you are still basking in turkey leftovers. We are slated to have turkey panini’s tonight a la my daughter Rachel. We are celebrating the twins’ first bday today! We even got up at 4:45 a.m. and went to some of the early-bird sales (first time […]