The Banana has grown leaps and bounds since she started the violin, and without her teacher and I realizing that she needed a larger instrument until one afternoon a couple of weeks ago, when I mentioned something to her teacher.  After measuring her, it was determined that she needed to…

Our red Hugglepod had been a fixture in the corner of our family room for years and years, and then a few weeks ago it died.  It’s possible that it could be repaired, but I don’t know how to do it.  The kidlets were sad.  They were so sad they…

When it’s a sunny, 60 degree day on the first of October, you decide to round up a crew of kids from the neighborhood and go swimming.  Of course. They had a delightful afternoon.  Dr. Peds sat in a chair at next to the creek, and I went for a…

October is my favorite month of the year, but the first week of October is one of my busiest weeks of the year.  Music classes start up, I often have more photography clients than normal,  I sing with oodles of preschoolers on Sunday morning at church,  my kids are in…

On my cello I worked on improving vibrato (so, so hard for me!) and I learned several new techniques for playing pizzicato.  I worked on several different bowing and learned one or two shorter pieces and one longer piece of music. I learned a little bit about how to play…

We’ve lived in our house for almost a decade now, and when I was cleaning the entry way a couple of weeks ago I discovered that the rugs next to the door were literally disintegrating.  There were holes in the rugs that you could actually see through, and all of…

Thankfully, Mr. Trouble on Feet has not had very much homework from kindergarten.  We read together each night, and that is perfect.  Mr. TOF loves to run around outside in the September afternoon sun. After years of watching his siblings spend a chunk of their school day afternoons working on…

This fall I have kids in three different school buildings.  It means that kidlets leave the house at three different stages in the mornings, and arrive back home from school in three stages in the afternoon.  Actually the staggered effect is working great for me.  I’m up super early with…

The Banana:  I think we should plant an apple tree in the front yard where the big trees fell.  Then we wouldn’t have to buy apples anymore. Me:  I don’t think Dad would agree to that.  He doesn’t like apples on the ground.  It makes him frustrated. Mr. TOF:  I…

First of all, my apologies that blog posts have not been as frequent as usual the past couple of weeks.  School has started, and we are adjusting to that schedule.  Also, there are lots of things happening behind the scenes here which means I have been caught up in all…