Last semester Mr. TOF needed a half-year elective that fit into his schedule, and the class that seemed the most interesting that would fit with the other things he needed to take ended up being stained glass. He made this lovely creation, along with a beautiful collage that I’m still…

Has he figured out how to open the baby gate? Yes. Yes, he has. Has he figured out how to drag a step stool or small chair anywhere he wants (including up the stairs) and reach things that should be far too high for him to reach? Yes. Yes, he…

The current situation in my state is difficult and the effects are felt far and wide. Here are some counterweights, little beautiful things:

He might have a fascination with his big brother’s deodorant, which he seems to apply generously when unsupervised at nap time. He’s been loving audiobooks lately during down time. He’s into building nests with blankets and cooking pretend sandwiches with imaginary tomatoes and onions for me because he knows I’ll…

We can’t leave out children’s books! Here are my favorites from last year: Picture Books Chapter Books

I read a lot of medium quality books last year, but there were also some exceptional gems as well! Here are some of my favorites: Fiction On Audio Poetry

Was I nervous about taking a three year old to a four hour swim meet? Yes. But Dr. Peds was working and everyone else was gone or busy, so Peanut Maximus and I went, armed with snacks, to our home invitational meet to see Mr. TOF in action. To make…

Ever since he saw all of his cousins playing board games at Thanksgiving, Peanut Maximus has been obsessed with board games. He has been caught many times sneaking into the board game collection and opening all the boxes to see the pieces inside. This creates a bit of chaos. On…

For the past few years at the end of December or beginning of January I have picked a difficult piece to learn with the intention of diligently practicing it for 100 days and then seeing how it turns out. The days do not have to be consecutive, but I try…

Peanut Maximus is still talking about the Sunday School program at church. It looked like he wasn’t singing very much during the program, even though he knew all the words to the preschool songs. (He did sing more during the second service.) However, really he was not singing very much…