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[...] a tree and decorate it with lots of colourful ornaments, we even have a Christmas buffet on Christmas Eve. The Santa level Christmas is a fun, festive level filled with traditions. And then the [...]

[...] We had all the kids for Christmas Eve this year until Christmas morning. It wasn’t technically our year, but Rob had done some [...]

[...] happy to be The wonderful seven we are so lucky you see To be blessed by the miracle of this Christmas Eve So with good cheer and joy in our hearts, we thank God for everything and being allowed to [...]

[...] shared with you the article (and video) by Salman Khan that talks about learning and Growth Mindset (here). Khan states: “Researchers have known for some time that the brain is like a [...]

[...] , shares that developing a Growth Mindset is the one way we know so far how to develop Grit. The two go hand in hand. Go read the Khan [...]

[...] We finally made our way to Las Vegas. We had booked a large timeshare condo place – and it was a palace! After being on a houseboat, [...]

[...] to Munich, Salzburg and Venice (Was ist Das??? Wilhelm Redpants?) St George, Lake Powell and Las Vegas! Pool time, card games, water skiing, tubing, hikes, camp fires, smelly bathrooms, aqua dumps, [...]

[...] After saying our goodbyes in Lake Powell, we made the 3 hour drive to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. AMAZING. (the tears in Josh’s eyes are the indication of how fearful of heights he is…) We [...]

[...] on our trip to Fiji/Australia/New Zealand, early mornings in the Outerbanks, sunset in the Grand Canyon, walking in a line in NYC…those are just recent examples. These are all related to travel, but [...]

Phenomenal Woman BY MAYA ANGELOU Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start [...]

Last year we started a Girl’s weekend tradition with my girlfriend and her daughter. I talked about it here. I wasn’t sure if we would make it th [...]

[...] Theatre. We headed back and the kids settled in for the night watching a movie and some more Gilmore Girls (show of choice for this trip). Off to a good start! [...]

[...] have been a little more lazy, with us lounging in bed and the kids watching an episode of Gilmore Girls before we head out. We made our way to the subway and headed all the way down to Lower [...]