Here's what I made for our Halloween meal. Don't laugh when I say they're supposed to be mummies: They're hot dogs wrapped in strips of Pillsbury crescent roll dough and then baked. I think that...

WCK made this Nativity scene at preschool. Isn't it awesome? This is one of those hand-made Christmas decorations that I will lovingly get out and put on display year after year, until she's 35 years old. At least. The best part -- and look really...

Just a bit of WCK's version of "Jingle Bell Rock": "Mixin' the mangoes with the jinglin' peeps ... That's the Jingle Bell Rock!"

My mom took me to see lots of plays when I was a little girl. She always got season tickets to the children's theater in Omaha, so we went all the time. Even though I didn't have a gift for being in plays (see previous post about "Ring me slow"), I...

I think WCK is getting all Santa-ed out. She has Santa fatigue. We saw him the first time this season a few weeks ago, when he showed up unexpectedly at Fun Run while WCK was playing with her friends. She went wild with excitement and practically...

Do you have a child who is deathly afraid of riding on escalators? Here is my warning to you: Do not rejoice too much when your child announces she is no longer afraid of riding on escalators. Do not rejoice when she happily rides up said escalator to...