We are loving the transformation each day as these bulbs reach for the light.  It’s amazing how fast the bulbs change.  

Two of my kidlets now have email addresses. Every once in awhile they send me messages, and every time I get a message I’m shocked again (can they really be old enough to have their own email?) and thrilled because they’ve written me a message.  Written messages are my love language.  Email is…

We were seated at the supper table.  YaYa noticed that Mr. SP was wearing a wristwatch that belonged to The Banana.  It was obviously The Banana’s watch because it was white with a large swath of pink.   YaYa:  Why are you wearing your little sister’s watch? Mr. SP:  I…

Perhaps you recall that a few months ago Mr. Trouble on Feet declared himself a vegetarian, like his big sister The Banana.  For weeks on end he vigorously  stuck to being “a tarian who eats meat on church days and AWANA days.”  He really didn’t eat meat except for Sundays…

My good friend gave me a kit to force paperwhite bulbs for my birthday.  I’ve wanted to try doing this for a long time, but never managed to acquire bulbs and actually do it.  I was pretty excited about this gift!  Best of all, the bulbs sit on a bed…

So, I love the cello.  I’ve always loved the cello.  I can remember being a preschooler and seeing someone play a cello on Sesame Street, and then going to my Grandma Jan’s house and playing with my great-grandfather’s guitar.  Since I was so small, it made a perfect make-believe cello.…

Not only did our neighbors up the hill host an amazing New Years Eve Party, but they also called us the next morning to see if we’d like to come over for lunch.  We brought bacon potato knefla soup.  They cooked mussels.  Our neighbors half way down the street brought…

Favorite Grown Up Books Keeping the House by Ellen Baker– I actually just finished this book late at night on New Years Eve, and I loved it.  Historical fiction spanning some of my favorite times in history (1890-1950), characters that were extremely intriguing, a setting that includes a Victorian house…

We rang in the new year with scores of crazy children!  (a few hours premature, but really, right on time!) I’m sort of amazed that our neighbors up the hill keep having this party, but I’m really happy that they do! Snacks laser lights dance music a disco ball noise…

I learned how to take a screenshot on my iMac. Bluegrass music can be a lot of fun.  I loved singing the Bluegrass Mass with the Arrowhead Chorale and Monroe Crossing during our concert series this month.  It was a lot of fun to watch Monroe Crossing play on their own…