Mr. Trouble on Feet was thrilled, and I do mean thrilled, to discover that the church clothes he picked to take to North Dakota just happened to match the church clothes his papa (one of his very favorite people ever)  picked out for Easter morning.  They didn’t plan it one…

Old shoes.  New shoes.  Dr. Peds bought Mr. Sneaky Pants new shoes before school last fall.  He always buys shoes a bit big because Mr. Sneaky Pants is a growing machine.  I can’t even imagine how he’s going to go through shoes and clothes when he actually hits that boyish…

March was a crazy month that sent me into “stay with the routine and survive with your nose to the grind” mode.  This month’s learning list is short. I did learn a FEW things, though: Avocado is  a terrific addition to a smoothie.  It thickens everything up and somehow makes…

So, I’ve been just a big consumed the past week and a half with  Arrowhead Chorale performances of the St Matthew Passion (a work by J.S. Bach).  When I found out that the St. Matthew Passion was going to be  part of our season this year, I was incredibly excited.…

This kidlet had a huge stash of gift cards to use at Barnes and Nobles from his birthday and Christmas, and I’m not sure what else.  He has been asking and asking for a special trip to the bookstore, just me and him, and unfortunately, I was about 100 days…

The temperature has been hovering around 34 degrees for the last week or so (a fine temperature), and this is how Mr. Trouble on Feet has been dressing:  shorts  and a T-shirt, soccer cleats, stretchy finger mittens, his big brother’s Ninja face mask, the button pin from Grandma Kathy that…

She’s always ready to pose for my camera, this niece of mine.  It makes my heart pretty joyful.  The only thing she asks in return is to take a look at the pictures on the LCD screen on the back of the camera.   Since Grandma Kathy is known around…

They are long overdue to be posted, these pictures that were taken during the few hours we spent in Valley City last month, dropping our kids off with Grandma Kathy before heading out on our traveling adventures. These two kidlets totally crack me up, all the time.  They get funnier…

These days, with a big smile on his face and a note of pride in his voice, he tells people, “Did you know I’m the second nicest boy at preschool?”

YaYa worked super duper hard on her history day project.  All the seventh graders at her school do a history day project.  They can write a research paper, create a display exhibit about their topic, write and perform a performance, design a website, or make a documentary.  Then they create…