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…

I do greatly love a middle school beginning band concert.  All those fresh hands on unfamiliar instruments make me so very happy.  This concert was especially fun because I knew a lot of kids playing, and I really enjoyed watching them. Since one of Mr. SP’s band teachers came up…

On Friday the Neighborhood Dads and their daughters headed to the Annual Father Daughter Ball.  Glorious Fun.

In the most positive, encouraging tone of voice possible, he says to me, “Mama, you are actually really good at forgetting things!”

Dr. Peds was able to celebrate 40 years with much more grace and humor than I. Dr. Peds has some pretty funny siblings.  They sent hilarious care packages.  My favorite part were the forms that Auntie Amy Texas sent to sign Dr. Peds up for adult geriatric day care.  They…