On Sunday in mid-October, we held a joint birthday party for Violet and Millie. Violet is turning 7, Millie is turning 5. It is a lot ...

A few weeks ago we took a trip out to our usual apple picking venue, Red Apple Farm . Every year, they seem to add new facilities, and ev...

Our family just got back from a trip to the west coast to visit my family. I made two quick stuffed bunnies to give to the children of a ...

Last weekend we did our once yearly apple sauce run. I ordered 2 bushels (36kg) of Macs from Kimball Fruit Farm , which Child 1, Millie, ...

The other week I was in the basement working on the new back gate , when Violet and Millie came down and wanted to make something. I aske...

I'm still working through the last batch of puff pastry I made, in which I think I put a bit too much water. It turned out a little t...

There used to be a dilapidated stretch of fence with a gate at the end of our driveway, to close off the back yard. Some years ago it rot...