I have been happy to feature several South American countries during this month, but it unfortunately always initiates an enthusiastic ro...

This is probably my worst costume to date. I posted the picture on instagram and one of my friends commented: "Master Splinter?!...

Norway (and Sweden) is home to Monty's favorite Christmas cookie - pepperkaker! The girls start asking around Halloween wh...

St. Nicholas Day is December 6th. In the Netherlands, they celebrate by putting out wooden shoes with a gift for Sinterklaas and a carr...

Merry Christmas from the land down under, where Christmas falls in the middle of summer holidays. The girls found Monty soaking up some...

Did you know the official language of Ghana is English? So, Merry Christmas! Today the kiddos learned that Ghana is a grower of cocoa. ...

Frohe Weihnachten! Our first stop around the world was Germany! My grandfather's side of the family was German, so many of the Germ...

It's December 1st which means our beloved Christmas Mouse has returned! (For those of you unfamiliar with the Christmas Mouse - an e...

  We don't "do" Santa at our house. ( Jen Hatmaker sums up how I feel about Santa, probably better than I could.) So whe...

My baby started kindergarten today! Our city does full-day kindergarten, so it's going to be quite the adjustment for everyone. We bo...