Last Saturday The Banana rowed in a team scrimmage, and Peanut Maximus and I headed down to watch. Watching went much better than I expected. Peanut Maximus was in the stroller for several hours, but he was pretty entertained by boats going into the water and boats coming out of…

Peanut Maximus and I drove down to the secret beach, and The Banana and her friend made an appearance too! Mr. TOF and Dr. Peds were driving back from a baseball tournament. It was so foggy and l love fog! The water was heaving, and big waves were sloshing into…

The resident scissor operator found a pair of scissors and took them to use on a plant that I was propagating in my office. It was brutal.

Last Saturday The Banana successfully finished her second half marathon (she ran last year too). Around Mile 9 (or so) the person in front of her fell, and she ended up having to leap over that person and rolled her ankle, but she was able to keep going. She came…

It was Father’s Day, and the day after The Banana’s graduation party. Even though we mainly had a very lazy afternoon with long naps after all the excitement from the day before, and Dr. Peds was actually on call for the hospital, we managed to sneak away to the beach…

He bounced around for two long baseball games, watching his brother’s team. When the sun started to set, he was running out of steam, so he crawled in his little chair and tucked his feet up and imagined that the ground was covered in raw eggs. I was also not…

Peanut Maximus took a strong liking to his cousin closest in age (even though cousin that is seven years older) when she was here visiting last weekend. He stuck to her like glue! She was so patient and kind, playing with him whenever he asked, and he was highly entertained.…

We celebrated The Banana’s graduation last Saturday with a backyard party. Grandma Kathy came, along with Auntie Dot, Uncle Don and cousins. Neighbors popped in, along with a few teachers and scores of teenagers from swimming, orchestra, choir, and school. It was overall a success! I was so happy the…