This niece of mine stole my heart at birth.  Then she grew curly hair and big blue eyes to seal the deal.  Having her at our house on Thanksgiving this year was extra fun, because since I’ve seen her last in August, she has become a talking machine, and it’s…

The morning after Thanksgiving Dot and I decided to take the kidlets on a small hike to get everybody outside in the fresh air.  We left a napping baby with Grandma Kathy, and bundled everybody else up.  It was a chilly morning, with just a few snowflakes gently floating down.…

We were blessed that Auntie Dot and the cousins could come for Thanksgiving!  Unfortunately, Uncle Don was sick, and so was Papa Richard, so Grandma Kathy changed her travel plans and came along to help with cousins.  It was very special to have her visiting on a holiday!  The cousins…

If your child drops a gallon jug of milk on the floor of the grocery store right after you’ve checked out, the milk will come splurting out of the cracked plastic at an absolutely alarming rate.  Kudos to the kind grocery store workers that handled this mishap with grace and kindness.   At…

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving Mr. Trouble on Feet and I cleared out our afternoon to zip down to our elementary school.  The Banana’s class was presenting a play about the first Thanksgiving, and reading Thanksgiving poems.  The Banana was a Pilgrim.  Each student also had a turn to read a…

For the past couple of months, each Thursday morning I have been dropping of Mr. TOF at preschool, and then going to teach a preschool music class at an assisted living residency near the rocky beach.  There is always a little gap of time between preschool drop off and the…

Mr. Sneaky Pants requested Swedish Pancakes for breakfast in the bathtub.  His siblings were not complaining about the menu, because who doesn’t love a stack of Swedish Pancakes?  No syrup needed.  They are delicious as is. That said, I’ve never known any of my kidlets to pass up syrup when…

Usually The Banana practices piano before school in the dark of the morning, and the violin after school in the dark of the evening, but last week our schedule went a little topsy turvy and she ended up practicing the piano after school in the light of the afternoon.  

We have scores of these lovely creations that have come home from preschool.  Literally, I could count out groups of 20 of these lovely little papers. About two weeks ago, Mr. TOF started pulling groups of these papers out of his backpack. Me:  Oh!  What did you make? Mr. TOF:…

  A few years ago we made a small gratitude tree as a centerpiece on the dining room table just before Thanksgiving.  You can read about it here.  It was such a resounding success, I knew I wanted to do it again.  Last year we were gone at Thanksgiving, and…