Last Thursday night, on the recommendation of a fellow musician and an article in the local newspaper, the three youngest kidlets and I attended an opera performance.  Our local opera company is terrific.  I love that we have a local opera company. This opera was written by two  amazing, well…

I had lots of plans for the summer solstice, and most of my plans were foiled by random, not so very important stuff that just came up.  One of my plans was to take lots and lots of pictures throughout the day.  In the end, I hardly took any pictures…

In this, my 39th year, I have been inspired to bring back the quirkiness of my personality.  I think I might have let my inner crazy become a little disguised this past decade and a half that I’ve been parenting, and I think it’s time to throw back the curtains…

Our actual time at the beach last Sunday was very, very short due to excessive lightening in the sky.  A major front filled with storms ended up splitting, half to the south and half to the north of us, keeping our city safe and dry, but I couldn’t tell what…

  I read about the game Tenzi on another blog (sorry, I forget which one).  The simplicity of the game, simply trying to be the first person to roll ten dice of the same number, and the speed of the game intrigued me.  I actually generally really dislike playing games…

The Banana has been out of her cast for about a week now, which is great news.  Now she has a fancy big boot that she wears to stabilize her foot, but the great thing about it is that she can take the boot off to shower and to sleep,…

It was chilly and windy.  We brought a snack and put up our hoods.  I promise Dr. Peds and Mr. SP were also present, but for some reason, my camera didn’t catch very much of them that evening.  I’m not sure what motivated the gazelle on the picnic table.  I…

Friday was Kids Summer Fun Day at church:  water balloons, bubble painting, crafting, and the consumption of huge amounts of pizza.  This crew came back with homemade silly putty.  There was no end to the silly!

Woo hoo!  Summer has started for us!  I used to be a summer-hating kid, but now that I’m a mom, I love it more and more every single year!  I have been waiting for the start of summer the entire school year, because our family schedule this last year was…