They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Allow me to introduce you to one of our kids' favorite books. The children call it "Christmas Family" for reasons that become obvious as soon as you read the book. One of the key moments in the early part of the book is the family preparing candles from the wax of bayberries, to burn on… Continue reading The Day Before the Day Before Christmas
It has been a while since we have posted anything here. There is a good reason for this. Our Advent has been somewhat disrupted because Daddy had to go on National Guard orders to help with the flood response in Western Washington. This has been an unusual advent. We began a novena to Our Lady… Continue reading Overdue Update
As we mentioned on Sunday, it is Advent! It's the most butter-ful time of the year. Seriously! With our annual Christmas cookie baking frenzy, the amount of butter we go through from Thanksgiving to Christmas would probably grease a steam engine, if we were so inclined to be wasteful. We prefer to use it to… Continue reading Advent Baking
Happy New Year! And by that I mean, Happy Advent, Everyone!
Too many cookies. Making Christmas cookies is a multi-week whole family effort that generally takes up most of advent every year. Christmas cookies are important. The goal is to have enough Christmas cookies to last until Lent, with plenty to give away in the meantime, so with Lent coming a bit late in 2025, we… Continue reading Why we haven’t been posting
Christmas Cookies! Few things evoke the nostalgia of the Advent season like the baking of Christmas Cookies. There is something magical about spending a quiet afternoon indoors, while the weather outside fulfills its seasonally appropriate frightfulness, listening to the Julie Andrews, Bing Crosby and the Vienna Boys Choir in their original vinyl glory on the… Continue reading The Christmas Cookies Begin!
A day late, but… Happy first week of Advent!
By Evie. My dad and I are making an Advent Wreath. My dad is cutting out candles. I am cutting out side boards. As you can see the saw is diagonal, but so is the cut. I am screwing the joint in place. Dad is holding the wood in place. OOPS! My dad glued the… Continue reading Our Advent Wreath
Hey y'all! It's getting towards the end of Advent. Or rather, it is getting toward the middle of the third week of Advent. Unfortunately, due to the vagaries of the calendar, we don't get a fourth week of Advent this year. We basically get 24 hours, from sundown next Saturday until sundown on Sunday. This,… Continue reading Christmas Cookie Extravaganza
Little Farm in the Big City 