He was pretty happy about a cardboard box to sit in with a basket of markers on the side.

His favorite activity is playing with balls in the front yard with his big brother. YaYa found this amazing wool sweater for him a few months ago, and I love it so much! I just want to scoop him up!

I came back from a photography session and Mr. TOF asked to smash a tiny pumpkin that had been sitting on the front porch. It exploded into itty bitty pieces, which he then proceeded to throw near me at tremendous velocity. Apparently pitchers can really launch pumpkin pieces. He was…

On Saturday Dr. Peds came downstairs and spontaneously declared that we should drive to The Cities to see The Banana swim her last 500 race at sectional finals. So we loaded up Peanut Maximus and brought Mr. TOF as well. The long drive down there didn’t seem that long, actually,…

Last week was a heavy week. A burglar in my part of the city was eventually caught after breaking into three homes and assaulting multiple elderly people, but not before throwing everyone into a frantic tizzy. There was a grizzly murder-suicide situation that ended up with five people dying, including…

He loves playing with cars. Cars in the morning. Cars after nap. Cars in the evening. Small cars. Medium cars. He especially loves firetrucks, ambulances, construction vehicles, and best of all school and city buses.

Peanut Maximus has been busy “building boats” while I check my email. Quickly check my email. It doesn’t take him long to build a few boats, and then he’s into other things.

Should I be concerned that The Banana borrowed my regular clothes to dress up as “Mrs. Mixup, the Crazy Cat Lady?” Probably yes. Yes, I should be concerned. The youth symphony and other youth orchestras played a not-too-spooky concert as part of “Eek! The Depot,” a family event. The Banana…

He found his biggest sister’s ski helmet and insisted on putting it on his head all by himself. Backwards.