The kidlets did not have school on Friday because it was the end of the grading quarter.  Because the temperatures are very cold, and there isn’t much snow to play in anyway, this made for a VERY long weekend full of squabbling and grouching and very rambunctious people cooped up…

Why wear just one hat when you can wear three or four, even indoors?  When it was bedtime, his head was sweaty, and he was hopping mad that we had to take all the hats off.  By that time he had procured a couple more, actually.  A small tantrum ensued.

Last spring Mr. SP helped me cut off a few slips of our ivy plant.  We had fun watching the roots grow in a glass of water, and  out on our deck on a beautiful in the fall, we planted the slips of ivy into a pot, a pot that…

To Whom It May Concern: After nearly 3 months, the Daily Snippets Blog has been updated!  Hooray!  Although I have been taking pictures almost every day for the last three months, I got terribly behind on editing and even more behind on posting the images on the Daily Snippets Blog.…

It was the wiggliest game of Jenga I’ve ever experienced.  Whether we were building, extracting, adding or collapsing the tower, there was wiggling involved.  Further, I have never met two people so excited to LOSE at Jenga.  It’s just so gratifying to knock down those towers.  The Banana and Mr.…

Let me start by saying that hardly any of these pictures turned out anything like I had envisioned, and I was disappointed when I opened up the original files on my computer and realized that I really didn’t have my photographer brain on when I visited Connor because my Auntie…

YaYa has been asking and asking the last few months to please, please, please go see Grandma Jan.  She’s not the type of kid who enjoys talking on the phone, unlike her brother and sister, so calling Grandma Jan on the telephone was not an option for her.  Seeing Grandma…

It turns out I really like visiting my brother and my super terrific sister-in-law at their house.  Every time I go there I end up having a really great time, and this was certainly not an exception.  How could I not have a great time when I spent most of…

Because innumerable circumstances amazingly fell into place, I was able to make a whirlwind trip to North Dakota over the weekend.  YaYa, a calm solo traveler, came with me to visit my new nephew, Connor Aesoph.  I am not only head over heals in love with my newest nephew, but…

He greatly enjoys a lengthy bath.  In particular, he likes dumping and pouring.  He especially likes pouring things out of the bathroom. The kid is quick.  Turn your back for a second in the public library, and he’ll be out of sight and tricky to find even though he’s wearing…