Holiday

Awesome Classroom Assignment for Valentine’s Day

  • Posted on February 12, 2013
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One of the mottos at Dex's school is to teach the whole child. I love how sometimes that means emotional growth, not just academics.For Valentine's Day, they were asked to write a personal note to every single other classmate. Not just "Happy V-day, Love -…
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Letter From Santa

Letter From Santa

  • Posted on December 27, 2012
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We have been playing a lot of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" since Easter. Declan has REALLY wanted to believe in Santa, but intellectually, he knows the truth. We are not all that religious even though we do celebrate Christmas... but we do believe in faith.…
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Christmas Music for Your Holidays

  • Posted on November 22, 2011
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Remember when I used to give music CDs away every month? I really miss that. And some friends were asking about holiday music - since I am such a sucker for Christmas music. ALL KINDS of Christmas music. Seriously. ALL.I always start listening to those…
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A Halloween Question For The Ages

  • Posted on November 4, 2011
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Something's been bugging me since Halloween, and for many Halloweens actually.Is it cool for people to pack up and drive over to other neighborhoods for trick or treating?Let me preface this with saying, we pretty much do this ourselves, so maybe I am about to…
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Denver Zombie Crawl – Our Annual Halloween Treat

  • Posted on October 31, 2011
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I know I blather on about this every year, but every year it gets more awesome.DENVER ZOMBIE CRAWL IS AWESOME.My friend Danny started this crazy thing six years ago and it's grown exponentially. 2010 made us the Guinness World Champs with 7,300 zombies. Portland briefly…
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Halloween Leftovers

  • Posted on November 9, 2008
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I just kind of realized I never really finished up talking about the fun we had on Halloween. For trick-or-treating, we went over to Declan's friend Lulu's house. Which was highly entertaining because Lulu's Dad was dressed up as Ashley Todd and Lulu's uncle was…
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