We had a lovely Christmas celebration in Wisconsin this year. The last time we were in Madison for Christmas was in ’08. My mom had been gone just over a year, and it was hard…coming up with new traditions without her. This year felt a lot more joyous. Time really does heal. I was so [...]
One of the reasons that I didn’t post much in December is that we were all so sick for so much of it. Sylvia had a bad cold just after Halloween. She coughed for two weeks, had a good week of clear health, and then just after Thanksgiving came down with another cold. Soon, Bryan, [...]
The kids and I got into the cookie-making spirit this year. I started right after Thanksgiving, making up the basic dough for our sugar cookies and Linzer squares. It’s the best dang sugar cookie dough I know. It’s made with almond paste. And to me, it just tastes like Christmas. Since I love all my [...]
I love Christmas cards! It’s so fun to visit the mailbox all through the month of December and see the writing of friends and family on the cards inside. I love reading people’s letters and seeing pictures of growing families. We have so many friends and family who live far afield, and it warms my [...]
This December was such an exciting and magical one for the kids. Seems like being ages 2 and 5 is pretty much ideal for making December a month where we wandered through a magical time of excitement and anticipation. The day after we got home from Texas post-Thanksgiving, we went out to Jung’s and got [...]
Oh, boy, it’s been quite a busy and less-than-healthy month in the Dotzour home. I just looked on my site and realized that I haven’t written a post since December 3! Oops. So now I’m wondering…do I catch up with early December, or do I jump right into the Christmas celebrations from the last couple [...]
Quick little story: This morning, Sylvia was sitting at the breakfast table alone while I went to get dressed. From my bedroom, I hear her clear little voice reciting, “Baby was TWO YEARS OLD and never wanted to come in for dinner and never wanted to take a bath. When grandma visited, said bad words! [...]
I made a dinner last night that was yummy enough that I wanted to share the recipes. Andrew came home from school talking about Hanukkah, so we spent some time yesterday afternoon talking about some Hanukkah traditions. We decided to make latkes (which, for the record, he then refused to taste). Sylvie helped put the [...]
Thanksgiving Day. A fun day of relaxing and playing. Granny did nearly all the cooking (with moderate assistance from Melanie and even more moderate assistance by me). I took a little time to photograph some of the prettiness around the house. Here’s the fall wreath on the front door. Granny got some materials for the [...]
We’re back home after a great week-long vacation in Texas with our Dotzour family. We sure do all have fun together:) We left on Monday morning – drove to Chicago, and then flew through Dallas to College Station. After weeks of anticipation and a long day of travel (the kids did great), we were really [...]
