• Christmas Needs More than Milk & Cookies
    A Cesarz Christmas Eve Christmas Eve in our house is packed with traditions. Depending on the number of pieces involved and the complexity of assembling the presents from Santa, it can sometimes feel like a mad dash to the finish line rather than the joyous family time we mean it to be. I have even …
  • Christmas Transgressions
    As Preached from the Pulpit December 14, 2014 is a day that will not easily be forgotten in the Cesarz – Texas Edition- household.  We went to church as we usually did and found ourselves cringing, okay maybe I found myself cringing while Alex and Shannon looked knowingly at me as the, I’m sure well …
  • Music Night Christmas Challenge
    We are going to play our social media music night a little differently this month. Rather than one topic each week, we are going to play a marathon topic for the month. As a result there are going to be rules above and beyond play in your matching pajamas. The topic for the entire month …
  • Getting over the Gross & Learning Shocking Secrets from Dorothy Smith
    My Journey to a Traditional Thanksgiving In order to make this happen I needed two things.  First, a practice run.  Second, a friend who was willing to come clean out the turkey.  Because, gross. Let me digress for a moment here, and explain.  I grew up in a house that lived on boneless, skinless chicken …
  • T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N, tradition!
    (If you don’t hear Tevey from Fiddler on the Roof singing it, you’re doing it wrong) “We don’t even have an ELF on the Shelf,” was my first thought to the suggestion that I write a blog about all the Cesarz (Texas Edition) traditions.  Except for Rico, we don’t have a lot of unique family …