OK, mommy had her art therapy yesterday, stayed up way too late….but this should tide me over for a while….the advent calendar (made from recycled Christmas cards) is almost done. Miika can make the missing days. Thanks Theresa for such a great idea! I found a little empty tin amidst my debris to store the [...]

Lately I feel a desperate need to create, but all my other duties are filling my clock. I’ve been thinking it would be fun to make an advent calendar so I did a google search to get some inspiration and found a cool idea here: Theresa McFayden
There’s an old cookie sheet on my drawing [...]

Here are two of my favorite blogs. Keri is almost a work@home mom…it will be interesting to see how things change for her in a few months. Penny is still on the other side of the parenthood fence and able to focus completely on her work which is quite inspiring. Check ‘em out:
Keri Smith
Penelope Dullaghan

I think all of Eric Carle’s books start out in the warm sun or the light of the moon, two things that Nathan loves to sign. Generally those books work magic on him when I’m trying to calm him down…especially in the middle of the night or at bedtime when he just can’t seem to [...]

I’ve been listening to Prairie Home Companion on Saturday nights since the early ’80s. My mom and I used to listen while she was cooking supper. Now I’m the cook tuning in. My kids love to dance around my feet to the folk music while I chop an stir. PHC is a rare gem that [...]

I just don’t get it…leaving the house at midnight to go stand out in the cold until the doors open at 2am, so they can shop…traffic jams on I88 in the middle of the night! Who are these people? Every year I threaten to just boycott the Christmas madness, and maybe this year I really [...]

My dear longtime friend Missy sent this yesterday…written and illustrated by her daughter, Joy:

As if right on cue, our first snow of the season is very gently falling…The turkey is in the oven, the house is clean, the table is set, I’m still in my PJs, friends are coming this afternoon, I’m surrounded by my family…life is positively good and I’m full of gratitude.

My dream for this blog is that someone who is on the brink of a decision regarding the life of their baby would find hope and choose life. Or, if you’ve just given birth to a baby with Down syndrome and you want to look into a crystal ball to see what’s down the road [...]

We make quite a few trips to UIC for Nathan’s heart and ears and Miika’s eyes. So on our way home we often stop at the Garfield Park Conservatory to make the trip less of a drudgery. The Conservatory is the best deal in Chicago…free parking, free admission, and easy access off of the Eisenhower. [...]