Day: November 14, 2019

Yoda

Bear is 6!

Today, I have a six-year-old. A happy, healthy, and precocious six-year-old. For those new to this blog, I lost our firstborn, Ethan, in 2011. We spent all of 2012 trying to get pregnant again to no avail. Just when I thought I wasn't able to have any more children, we fell pregnant with Bear. While Bear has not taken the place of Ethan, he has helped us heal. He
Russian Soul Sundays

Homemade Au Gratin Potatoes

I used to buy au gratin potatoes via the box. I figured it was easy. Just do this and that and voila, I have my potatoes. Then I discovered once you start cooking more, you tend not to buy convenience foods as much as you used to, if at all. Making au gratin potatoes by scratch took a lot less time than I thought it would. For that reason