A Quirky Christmas in Walsall

Driving into work this morning, my husband commented on the abundance of giant cardboard boxes waiting for trash pick up. Giant cardboard boxes with pictures of flat screen televisions on them. It must be the gift of the year. I like the idea of a family Christmas gift. When my son was a newborn, my […]

Survivable Holidays: Adapting to a New Kind of Christmas

Just over a decade ago, my husband changed jobs. His new position required frequent moves to be able to climb the promotion ladder. We’re talking cross country moves, not unlike military families. In the past ten years we’ve lived in Missouri, Washington D.C., Utah, New York, and now Colorado. For the most part, it’s been […]

Favorite Toys From Christmas

Now that we are almost to April, some of the huge toy haul of December is in the discarded and forgotten pile. My oldest is notorious for playing with things for brief periods of time and then forgetting all about them. Out of sight, out of mind. For my youngest, who turns one next month, […]