Snow-mommy and Snow-baby
The ground was covered with an inch or so of sloppy, wet snow when we got up this morning. Perfect snowman-making snow... and, of course, this early in the season the girls were eager to go out and express their creativity. This time they made a snow-mommy and her snow-baby. Lovely green hair, don't you think?

Love Finds You in Lonesome Prairie, Montana - review
Love Finds You In Lonesome Prairie, Montana by Tricia Goyerand Ocieanna Fleiss is a lively "wild west" romance story. Julia, our heroine, escorts a group of little girls west on an "orphan train" placing them in farm homes along the way. When

GyMathtics - review
GyMathtics is an upbeat, cheery exercise DVD for kids that combines a review of math concepts with a kid-friendly workout. It's supposed to be for all ages with the math concepts targeted at a 2nd to 5th level. And, indeed, the workout "class" on the DVD included a mom and four children of various ages, and older

No-Sugar Apple Butter
Last week I realized that I needed to do something with the apples we still had left from our apple-picking excursion earlier in the fall. I came across this recipe for No-Sugar Apple Butter and decided to try it.

The Swiss Courier - review
The Swiss Courier by Tricia Goyer and Mike Yorkey is an intriguing, well-researched World War II saga set right in the midst of the action in Europe. Here's the synopsis: It is August 1944 and the Gestapo is mercilessly rounding up suspected enemies of the Third Reich. When Joseph Engel, a German physicist working on the atomic bomb, finds that he is actually a Jew, adopted by Christian parents, he must flee for his life to neutral Switzerland. Gabi Mueller is a young Swiss-American woman working for the newly