Susan Dieter-Robinson

Happiness Journal

This memory of our first Thanksgiving as a family makes me happy. As Tom and I cleaned up the dishes from our feast the kids rehearsed a self-directed Thanksgiving play. I remember thinking as I watched that we were just like the Brady Bunch…didn’t they do a Thanksgiving play once? I am so grateful forContinue reading “Happiness Journal”

10

Yesterday Anna turned 10 years old and it was a big deal. Tom, Alice and I spent all weekend sharing lots of love and joy in her honor. I would love to tell you that my girl would have wanted to climb the highest mountain or do some far off adventure on her 10th birthday but I haveContinue reading “10”

Happiness Journal

No words ❤

Something Traditional

A cute purple and black witches costume, the first one that her mama didn’t make, was bought during a weekend she was with her dad. I remember when she came home she made sure I knew that she had found her costume for Halloween that year. I will be honest and say I was bothContinue reading “Something Traditional”

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from Alice the Ringmaster and her fierce (and lovable) lion. ❤

Pumpkins and Wheelbarrows

I used to look at the calendar every October and figure out which weekends were ours and which weekends the kids were away. I would then take the weekends we were all together and look at what was already on the calendar. There was usually one day in one of our weekends that was totally openContinue reading “Pumpkins and Wheelbarrows”