When you have a baby, you have a lot of firsts. Most of these, you never get the opportunity to film, photograph, or document. Your child’...

I made these two blocks originally when Jonas was only a few months old and couldn’t even crawl, yet. My grandma Janzen had had handmade bl...

I make pancakes every Saturday. Sometimes I make them without blueberries, add a bit of vanilla and cinnamon to the batter, and then eat th...

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...