It’s a new year, and a new semester. The kids are back at school wearing their new clothes, or, as in Emilys case, also bringing her Christmas gift: A brand new camera! Emily brings it over to Lori so that she can see it better. I’m sure Lori […]

Yule has been an exciting time at our house this year. It started with getting the house ready for the holidays. Everything must shine, be clean and sparkly. Then off course we had to find the perfect tree and decorate it. Their new big sister Lorelei arrived just […]

My tiny Lati family all dressed in their finest when it was time to decorated the playroom. They even pulled out their little cart to help with the proceedings. Decorating is so much more fun when you have sweet little helpers. Someone got tired sooner than others. And […]

A new little one has moved in at Happy Homes. Itty bitty Elise, as I have named her, was made by a Chinese artist that can be found on Instagram as danhuangapril_dolls. Here she found lots of little toys, just her size in the nursery, and after a […]

We first heard of the school when Timothy arrived at the Orphanage last winter in The Young Wizard After the summer Timothy arrived early back at school only to find it was still a mess after the workers had finished with the repairs and left. It was nothing […]

The arrival of Timothy. One early morning the phone was ringing at Happy Home Orphanage. In the other end there was a distressed head master trying to explain his situation. There had been a long period of hard winter storms that eventually had made the school building suffer […]

It was after Christmas Eve dinner, and the kids gathered around the big tree in the playroom. All wearing their best. They start checking out the labels and to squeeze and shake to try to guess what’s in there. “You are suppose to say “may” and “please”, but […]

Some of the kids have their birthdays coming up, so I took them to the toy store to let them choose their favorites. Maybe, just maybe, they will get those for their birthdays. Thumbelina went straight for the big Dora doll. I think she must have been eyeing […]

It had been a beautiful day. Nora and Emily had spent most of it outside, and had even brought Pooh and Piglet with them. Naturally the talking turned to the stories about Winnie the Pooh. Nora was rather imaginative, as is common for kids her age. Naturally if […]

Spring is a time when there is lots to do in the garden. There are leafs everywhere from last fall, and plants that have withered under the snow. Maybe some that mice have gotten to as well. Thumbelina has been a really good little helper. She brought out […]