I know I said I wasn’t going to do any more business on my blog this year but I lied.  I’ve had a few requests for gift certificates so I thought I would send a little message about this last minute holiday shopping opportunity.   Surprisingly (to me) I am almost booked up for January […]

Wednesday was Market Day for our school’s fourth graders.  This is where the kids all come up with something they can make to sell to each other.  All year they’ve been earning Grizzly Bucks for class room jobs (and losing them for forgetting homework) and working on their banking skills. The kids had a $20 […]

Yesterday Kate had a playdate with her buddy Avery.  When I warned them that Avery’s mom was coming in a half hour to pick her up Kate turned to Avery and said “30 minutes is a long time.  Let’s make sure we don’t have any fun, though, because time flies when you are having fun.” […]

I’m going to finish up the year with this lovely family.  I actually took their pictures before the snow, before the holiday and before school conferences, but this has been my first chance to share them. You may recognize these guys from other posts I’ve done.  Reese and Ryan are part of the roaming band […]