I still have two stockings from my childhood. One is from my grandma van der Werf, which was carefully knitted in red, white, and green wit...

One of the traditions I always love in my husband's family is the lighting of an advent wreath the Sundays before Christmas. My husband...

Having lived over in Germany for so long, I really grew fond of the German Adventskalender, or in English advent calendar. Most Americans a...

Jonas loves to play with strings, threads, and any little bit of fuzz that he can find. Therefore, I decided I would make a caterpillar for...

Nursing a 10 month old sure can make me hungry. So that I don't reach for sweets too often, I try to bake up a bunch of healthy snacks ...

Rain. Rain. Rain. As a child, I always liked rain. It felt good, it smelled good, and it meant that my dad didn’t have to work on the farm...

Before I had a baby, I was told that babies produce a lot of laundry. I couldn’t imagine that such a little thing could produce a lot of di...