Last year when Dr. Peds left to do the back-to-school shoe shopping (he’s a lovely dad, and so good with shoes) I begged him to please find not-tying gym shoes for Mr. TOF. I just really believe it’s good to get through kindergarten without the mess of shoe tying.  There…

Last Saturday was a day filled with pouring rain.  Literally, it poured all day long.  It rained a great deal of Sunday as well, but it was only slightly drippy by evening, and when we drove across the bridge of the Lester River, Dr. Peds suggested that we go down…

Have I mentioned that we are in the middle of a giant remodel of our tiny garage?  Our garage (that is so small I don’t think it would actually even hold our minivan) was added to our 1920’s house in the 1940’s, along with a sunroom directly above it.  We…

I learned several small pieces on my cello, and I’m in the middle of two bigger and trickier pieces.  It’s slow progress, but I just keep plugging a long.  I’m working on some of the upper positions and some tricky bowings, not to mention that elusive vibrato. Stomach acid has…

  We’ve had a lot of appliances down for the count in the past year and a half.  It started with the toaster. Our old one almost started the kitchen on fire, and we had to replace it.  Then the freezer gave out after our big thunderstorm catastrophe last summer…

I’m a home body.  YaYa is a home body.  Mr. SP is a home body unless he has the opportunity to be in a library.  This girl?  She is NOT a home body.  She’s always up for adventure, and while she can stay home and spend hours reading a book…

The boys in the family headed south to take in a Minnesota Twins game with Grandma Robbie and Grandpa Ron, along with Auntie Jennifer and Uncle Joey, and cousins. The girls decided it would be a good day to head up the North Shore, and we had a terrific day!…

It was a very short Sunday Night at the Beach.  The Banana had soccer practice, and we were a bit disorganized as we started off.  Mr. SP was at youth group and Dr. Peds stayed back to give him a ride home.  YaYa decided at the last minute to stay…

The Banana decided she’d like to try playing soccer this summer, so we signed her up.  Soccer is kind of a big deal here, and there are some people who have kids who practically play soccer the whole year through because they are in special leagues.  We are just doing…