Uncle Mike

File this one under Uncle Mike (my brother, as opposed to John's brother or nephew).


Uncle Mike likes to eat potato chips with cottage cheese. William was the only one of our kids brave enough to try it !

Meet our snow kitty

There was no SNOW in Minnesota when we arrived to celebrate Christmas! That changed overnight one day as we woke up to a dusting of snow. However, it wasn't enough for a full snowman. Luckily, our inventive kids came up with a snow kitty.

Everyone sing!

How do you get some sleepy Scrooges to sing?

Answer: Gemma

Snuggly stories

We had a little bit of snuggly story time with Grandpa Heidt at Christmas!

Myself

No! No! I do it myself! I not need your help!

A snowman

Look! I made a snowman with my lunch! Will you take a picture?

In which Amelia is delighted by math

Amelia loves math. I do not understand where I have gone wrong in raising my Xhosa, but this girl adores mathematics (actual, I kid. I a terribly proud of my girl and her affinity for math. Math was not ever a subject that made my heart skip a beat, so I don't totally understand her thinking, but I am so, so proud of her. I wouldn't change a thing.

The minute she got off the bus for her winter break, she was at the table, doing math problems she made up herself. When I suggested so go ahead and give the math a rest, she became more determined to do math. This brought on a fit of giggling which further developed into fall on the floor laughter as I pretended to be aghast by her continued math behavior.