Sniff, sniff. It was a sad day yesterday. 😥 We now officially no longer have any Santa believers in our household. It was time, definitely (Asher is 10, almost 11 and in 5th grade).... but it still feels like a milestone. Like the boys are "all grown up now". Here's how it went down: Asher… Continue reading The end of the magic
Thanksgiving 2020 is in the books. I love the fall-winter holidays so much that I actually get a bit sad when they are over. It just seems the whole season flies by every year...Halloween is over, now Thanksgiving. Now we are just down to Christmas! (and New Year's, which is nice, but not a holiday… Continue reading Thanksgiving
While I work, I have been listening to a "Classic Christmas" station on Pandora. It plays mostly traditional Christmas songs (Joy to the World, Silent Night, etc.) and many tend to be older versions with that great old time sound (like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, etc.). There's one song that has been popping up… Continue reading Count your blessings
The feeling of the holidays is really in the air for me now!! I always really like the couple of days leading up to Thanksgiving, when prep is starting and there's just a special feel to the week. We are doing a very small Thanksgiving this year, just the 4 of us + my parents.… Continue reading Holiday cheer and pie dilemmas
It's officially Thanksgiving week! The boys have the entire week off from school and I have to say, I'm welcoming the little break. As extremely happy as I have been to have them back in school, there is something wonderful about just relaxing all of the schedules and routines. My favorite thing I think is… Continue reading The holidays are here!
Halloween 2020 is a wrap. This is basically the end of "fall" to me, too, although November is obviously still technically fall. Things just start moving full steam ahead toward more of a Christmas feel I think, and the weather here usually turns colder, darker, windier, etc. Last night was a pretty quintessential "Halloween night"… Continue reading Halloween 2020 and on to November!
Connection You hear a lot of talk about kids and the pandemic, how bad this all is for their social development and especially their mental health. I was just thinking how very grateful I am that overall, my kids are fine in this regard. (I know this is so not the case for so many,… Continue reading Social Connection + Fun
Crazy- it's October 29th already! Now only 2 days until Halloween. Besides working on the "Where's Waldo" pumpkin, this week hasn't felt particularly Halloween-y to me though. We still need to carve pumpkins! This always seems to get put off until the very last minute, every year. I don't know why. Maybe we all like… Continue reading Pre- Halloweening
I have this semi-recurring dream (probably every few months? I'd say at least a couple/few times a year). In it, I'm back in high school. (Not necessarily my high school- the setting isn't really important.) But anyway, I'm apparently in high school. Oftentimes I'm at home getting ready to leave for school, but something always… Continue reading What does this mean? 🤔(and other misc.)
Happy Fall! It has arrived. Yesterday was the first official day of autumn. I celebrated by pulling out my fall wreath for the front door and putting the summer one away. I am seeing all the talk of fall everywhere this week - lots of "fall" themed podcast episodes are popping up on my feed, fall images… Continue reading Happy Fall
GRATEFUL KAE 