The Banana has a flair for acting, and lately two alter-ego personalities have been appearing often in our car and around the house:  Debra, a very enthusiastic but not so smart gal, and my favorite, Constantine. Constantine speaks in a drawn out nasal Eastern European accent, and he’s always up…

It was Mother’s Day, so I took it upon myself to be the person who picked which beach we would go to on Sunday Night.  I picked the Secret Beach, which made some people grouchy and some people happy.  YaYa stayed behind at home because she wasn’t feeling very well.…

I was the family taxi driver, and Mr. TOF was along for the ride because there wasn’t a big person at home to supervise him.  I had extracted him from the yard of his favorite neighbors, the blue house neighbors, who let him play with their two large dogs, and…

Waves!  Both the last two times I’ve been to the beach were excellent wave days! I love the sound of the waves rushing in.  It is so calming to me.  Any kind of water sounds are calming to me.  A rushing creek or even a burbling stream also lower my…

The cousins visited over the weekend, and on Saturday morning we decided to take a hike!  It was a long hike, down a big hill, which meant that it was an even longer hike up a big hill to get home, but by the the time we arrived back at…

Sunday Night at the Beach has officially started!  Everyone is delighted!  The Little Cousins were visiting for the weekend and they really wanted to go to the sandy beach.  There were so many of us we needed to take two vans to transport everyone there, so we sent the first…

While at the Minnesota History Center I discovered a recipe for “Raisin Sandwiches” that involved mixing raisins with peanut butter, mayonnaise, diced carrots and cottage cheese.  Just the thought of that mixture makes me swallow hard.  It seems like a textural and taste mismatch.  Shudder. Also while at the Minnesota…

The Banana and I needed to take a quick trip to the retail district last night to pick up a couple of items needed for this weekend.  We took Mr. TOF with us.  Our second stop needed to be extra quick because we only had about 20 minutes before we…

Sometimes they are just wild and crazy:  jazz piano music with muppet motions, while one sibling creates a new hairstyle and two others whirl around dancing like deranged monsters (not shown on this particular frame).  Sometimes it’s best just to snap the picture and leave the room.