Halloween

DAY 304 The kids made great pirates this year, but it might be Little Man's last year…
DAY 303 "Sometimes you like to let the hair do the talking!" James Brown The …

Spider Cupcakes

DAY 302 "Endurance is patience concentrated." -Thomas Carlyle So, maybe I shou…
DAY 301 "There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of book…
DAY 300 "Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause betwe…
DAY 299 "Food, like a loving touch or a glimpse of divine power, has that ability t…
DAY 298 "Perhaps the most famous icon of Halloween is the jack-o-lantern. Various a…
DAY 297 "Family tradition is the glue that binds." http://www.familyhistorypro…
DAY 296 Can you say BOGGLE? I don't know if it's because it's a passion of…
DAY 295 Where do grasshoppers go when it rains? Something I've never thought abou…
DAY 294 "It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps …

Winners

Sorry this is so late, but here are the September winners. September 1st Place Nature/Sce…
DAY 293 “Other things may change us, but we start and end with family." -Anthony Bra…

Search for Fun Adventure 09

The pictures are not all in the right timeline, but gives you a good sampling of our adv…
DAY 292 "October is a symphony of permanence and change." Bonaro W. Overstree…
DAY 291 "All good things must come to an end." -English Proverb Such is the c…
DAY 290 "No matter what happens, travel gives you a story to tell." Jewish P…
DAY 289 Great Sand Dunes National Park 750 feet tall makes them the tallest dunes in No…
DAY 288 “We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of t…
DAY 287 Boston for beans, Seattle for rain, San Francisco for bridges, and Santa Fe for a…
DAY 286 We lodged in Amarillo, TX last night about 2:30AM and arrived in Albuquerque, NM…
DAY 285 "And that's the wonderful thing about family travel: it provides you wi…
DAY 284 "A tiny daughter gives parents a life in a climate of perpetual wonder.&qu…

calling all voters...

If you haven't voted yet, it's not too late. I need to tally and post results. Ch…
DAY 283 It was a freezing cold , need some hot chocolate kind of day... We had our fir…
DAY 282 Do I Have To? So, it's 9PM and I realize that I have no POTD, not even one pi…
DAY 281 Cedar Rapids, home to Quaker Oats I work downtown two days a week in the Iowa Rea…
DAY 280 "Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad." -A…
DAY 279 "There's no place like home." (Corny, I know- but feeling just lik…
DAY 278 “There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and p…

Great Christmas gift idea for boys

$5 Sports Illustrated for Kids. This is 90% off of the original price. Click here to ord…

Creamy Candy Corn Puddings

Here's a dessert for ya. If you are allergic to food colorings this one won't be …
DAY 277 "This bright, new day... complete with 24 hours of opportunities, choices, a…