It was a few weeks ago now, when I told the kidlets they could hike to a tiny stream and wade around if they wanted.  When it was time to head back home, Mr. Sneaky Pants  decided he didn’t want to carry his wet, cold clothes in his hands or…

It somehow did not work this year for us to get up the North Shore to see the color, or visit any of my favorite places on the south shore either due to various circumstances, but I tried to get out of the house whenever I could to catch little…

The past two days there have been a few snow flurries whirling around.  Mr. TOF was excited to look out the window.  “It’s doughing!  It’s doughing!  Dough!”  

This girl’s hair has grown longer still, the longest it has ever been.  While I was out of the house she and Dr. Peds surprised me by baking all 150 cookies that I needed to take to church for a dinner that our small group is helping serve at.  She’s…

There was no school on Friday because of MEA.  Mostly we stayed around the house, getting a few things done in the yard, making messes in the house, relaxing and playing.  In the middle of the afternoon our neighbors up the hill stopped and asked if anyone wanted to go…

Mr. Sneaky Pants got into the roll of tin foil and the cardboard stash, and was so pleased with the results that he actually asked me to take a picture.  

He refers to me as “The Ex-English Teacher,” especially when he’s angry at me because I am making him do his homework.  Actually, it’s not that I’m making Mr. SP do his homework necessarily, it’s more that I’m making him check over his homework.  He actually does his homework quite…

The leaves were amazing, and I went into this weekend with a goal to go on at least one short hike each day, since I was home alone with all the kidlets.  YaYa despises hikes, so I didn’t try to wrangle her to come along.  On Friday I took the…

We were worried that we might not make it to Applefest in Bayfield this year, even though Auntie Dot, Grandma and the cousins were visiting and we planned  on meeting friends there.  It rained and rained all weekend, but the precipitation had dwindled to a drizzle by Sunday morning, so…