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November 14 was visiting morning at the kids’ school.  Except Sarah’s teacher was out with a back injury, and asked that we visit his classroom when he was back.  He didn’t want us wasting our time observing the substitute.  So … Continue reading →

One afternoon Sophie came to me complaining about these weird rash on her stomach.  She showed it to me,and I asked her if it itched.  No, just felt weird, she said. I told her to show me in the morning, … Continue reading →

That sounds so much nicer in German, Räebelichtliumzug. 🙂  Anyway, the day after Halloween was our villages annual turnip parade.  I went up to school in the morning to help Alexandra carve her turnip.  Noah made his alone, and the … Continue reading →

Lots of the kids in Sarah and Sophie’s classes were going trick-or-treating, or “Halloweening” as they called it.  I asked the girls if they wanted to go with their friends, and Sarah definitely did.  Sophie wanted to go, but with … Continue reading →

That evening, after the Halloween Carnival, it started snowing.  And it didn’t seem to stop for about a week!  The kids were so excited, and spent all Sunday afternoon out playing in it.  Good thing we had just gone through … Continue reading →

This year was my favorite carnival so far, for several reasons.  We did a much better job of dividing up the organizational duties, so no one person had to do it all.  It was in our very own building, so … Continue reading →

I am way behind on my posting.  I will get to it soon.  But I just had to post this little gem out of sequence because it cracked me up so much and is so sweet at the same time. … Continue reading →

We had one giant project to complete during the kids’ fall break, move the older girls into their new bedroom upstairs.  They are getting older and need/want more privacy.  Sharing that big room with their little sister was leading to … Continue reading →

The kids were really excited about Conference this year.  They started asking when it would be on about a month in advance.  I am not kidding myself, I don’t think they are so much looking forward to being spiritually fed … Continue reading →

So, the boy turned 14 this year.  Lots of new stuff happening, lots of changes, most of it very good. 🙂  For one, he is old enough now for us to confidently leave him in charge while we go to … Continue reading →