Author: Rainbow Rose

As promised, Kookie helps me all day long.  He and Emmie peel, core, and slice apples for the crisp.  Janna makes the topping.  They assemble the sweet dessert and bake…

I decide to have that little party at our house the Saturday after the pageant for all the older kids who helped to make it run smoothly.  This group is fairly…

We do sleep in the next morning.  Then we enjoy a leisurely day.  We’ve all been running for weeks.  We definitely needed the break with which the snow provided us. …

The next morning, we awake to snow again.  And to a large box on our front porch.  Wearing a huge grin, Everett drags the box into the living room.“It’s our…

After spending an hour painting my own ornaments, I lay them out to dry.  Then I realize I need to work on dinner.  But before I can think too much…

Shopping is successful.  With ease, we find a beautiful notebook and a colorful assortment of four gel pens.  The aloe vera socks are hanging in their usual location at one…

“All right, my darlings,” I address my older twins and Emmie while I drive towards the strip mall near our house.  What are we going to buy for our Twelve…

Saturday dawns bright and clear.  Which is excellent.  We have much to accomplish today.  Only eighteen days left until Christmas.  And our Christmas to-do list still has several items on…

The next day, practice goes off without a hitch.  In fact, several problems seem to have been solved overnight.  When Mrs. O enters the auditorium, she discovers her script lying…