An earlier purchase of a bike rack that attaches to the hitch on our van allowed us for the first time ever to bring bikes to my parents’ house.  Actually, this trip  was the first time I had used the bike rack, and after a brief learning curve, I’m pretty…

My mom supplied water guns, and to no one’s surprise, the kidlets were delighted to have a water fight.  The guns were a bit tricky to fill with water, but that didn’t stop the fun at all. Mr. Trouble on Feet was not excited about other people getting him wet,…

It was hot at Grandma Robbie and Papa’s house.  Since my mother waters her lawn literally 24 hours a day (it’s a super soft, beautiful green lawn) it was the perfect opportunity to run through the sprinkler.  At home I usually make them turn off the water after a short…

I just got back from a super fast trip to North Dakota to pick up YaYa and Mr. SP from Grandma Kathy’s house and take all four kidlets for a quick visit to Papa and Grandma Robbie’s farm, where my mother spoiled me with a delicious peach pie and spoiled…

  Recently The Banana has spent a lot of beach time searching in the rocks for agates and sea glass.  Surprisingly, she’s been quite successful at finding teensy eensy pieces of sea glass and even one or two tiny agates.  I love sea glass.  The smooth edges are calming, and…

If it seems as though there have been a lot of posts with beach pictures lately, that’s because I’ve been going to the beach a lot!  I can’t help it.  I love the waves.  I love the rocks.  I love being able to see the horizon.  It’s such a relaxing…

There was a lot of running from here to there and back again.  There was also a lot of roaring and peals of infectious laughter.  He’s been playing up a storm outside every day and ending each day with layers of grime, grub and unidentified sticky substances, so evening bathing…

Although she’s gone again, this time to North Dakota to spend time with Grandma Kathy and Auntie Dot and some beautiful horses, YaYa returned from Bible Camp and talked up a storm for the two days she was home.  She loved  camp even more this year than last year, and…

We were up and out of bed, and ready to decorate bikes!  The Banana wanted a flag to go across her handlebars, and helium balloons to attach to the back of her banana seat.  We filled in the rest of the bike with streamers. This year several of our neighborhood…

Because we have rough and tumble bike riders around here, some of our ultra-cheap-acquired-at-garage-sale bikes have deteriorated to the point of not being able to be fixed up.  Specifically, Mr. SP’s bike is in pretty bad shape, according to Dr. Peds, so he has been on the lookout for reasonably…