We’ve been saying that we should visit the Minnesota History Center and the James J. Hill House for years, but we don’t get to St. Paul very often.  We just aren’t city people.  When we decided that we would be mostly staying home for spring break from school, we thought…

  It’s spring break for our school district.  We definitely did not plan any extravagant family vacations.  In fact, the general consensus of all kidlets was, “Let’s stay home.”  However, I suspected that the kidlets might be a little stir crazy by midweek, and Dr. Peds had a little time…

So, our dishwasher broke about two weeks ago.  But, luckily for me, I have FOUR kids capable of extensive dishwashing!  And I don’t feel a bit bad about making them do a lot of dishes because I spent all of my late childhood and teenage years doing dishes at home…

I’m continuing to learn to read tenor clef.  I even play little games on the iPad to get better, but really in the end it comes down to knowing a few guide notes and then employing some reading skills.  It’s HARD.  For me,  But I’m learning how to better teach…

  As part of their Minnesota History curriculum, sixth grade social studies students in our community do a big history project on a place in our city.  They do research, learn about the history of the site they choose,  and then create a trifold display.  They might even do a…

The AWANA Grand Prix at our church was last Wednesday, which meant that there was a frenzy of car building activities during the early part of last week.  This was the first year that Mr. SP was too old to enter the official race, but he did build a car…

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…