Last night I took YaYa, The Banana and Mr. TOF to a performance of the Minnesota Ballet.   The Banana heard that they were doing Firebird this spring when she went to The Nutcracker at Christmas with a friend, and she reminded me many, many times to get tickets.  YaYa…

It’s always a joy to see what new colorful combination this girl puts together every morning.  She believes that matching clothes are “dull” and “boring” and wears a new creation each and every day.  It’s always joyful and never the same.  She loves being unique, out of the box,  extraordinary.…

Dr. Peds looked sternly at two kidlets, sent them off to complete a chore together and said ominously,   “Your fates are tied together.  Good luck.”

The Banana had just arrived home from a fun birthday party. YaYa:  Hey!  You’re back!  How was the party? The Banana:  Great! YaYa:  What did you do? The Banana:  Oh, we had presents, ate dinner, had cake, played a fun game, and then watched a movie. YaYa:  What movie did…

On Tuesday Mr. SP swam in his last middle school swim meet of the season, the all city meet, which happened to be held at our middle school, and by some crazy stroke of luck everything worked out with my teaching schedule, and I was able to go and see…

I was sitting on the couch, snuggling a few minutes with Mr. TOF before it was time for him to head out to catch the school bus.  The cat crawled up and started to settle in next to us because the cat loves people on the couch, and the cat…

This kid is growing at a preposterous rate.  Like two of his other siblings who are also in the middle of huge growth spurts, this one has quite the appetite.  He could probably eat five full meals and twenty snacks in a day.  I feel like I”m in the grocery…

  All these characters were in line for ice cream at the Cold Treats Stand.  The King was buying.  The people in the back had a long wait, and at $5.00 per ice cream cone, the final total was, well, exorbitant.  The Cold Treats Stand offered even more than 31…

Outside the big window by my piano the gutter drip drops, and splashes onto a juniper tree, creating the most unusual icicles hidden from public view on the back side of the bush next to the window.  It’s fun to sit and watch the ice changing while I’m teaching.  My…

On the cello I learned to play my first two little pieces from the unaccompanied Bach Suites.  Hooray!  They aren’t polished by any means, but I did learn them! I am learning to read tenor clef for my cello.  The difficulty I’m having and my lack of fluency makes me…