I was inspired by the instagram account @thatsinkingfeeling365, where a photographer is working on a 365 photo project documenting her kitchen sink from above each day. After seeing about ten of the beautiful and artistic photographs, it really struck me how the contents of the sink showed things happening in…

There’s been a lot of snow, which means that there has been a lot of shoveling and snowblowing. Luckily we have a lot of teenagers! Our first big blizzard involved three snow days from school and a snowfall of nearly 30 inches. On the third day Mr. TOF mentioned, “I…

One of Dr. Peds coworkers knitted this amazing platypus for Peanut Maximus before he was born. She asked Dr. Peds what a good animal might be for our family, and of course he mentioned a platypus because The Banana continues to adore platypuses, and Mr. TOF is also an admirer…

It’s been a bit of a wonky Christmas vacation week in our house. I caught a nasty head cold on Christmas Eve, and of course Peanut Maximus got it as well at the end of the week, so we haven’t been out and about even though the weather has been…

On the first day of Christmas break Peanut Maximus got his first taste of solid food. Both Mr. TOF and The Banana took turns running the spoon. It was a highly anticipated event. Squash was on the menu, and it was well accepted. In fact, even though we’ve tried a…

When we brought down the Christmas decorations last week, we brought Farmland down from the attic as well. Farmland is an exersaucer-type baby apparatus that is a complete two decades old. Can you believe I’ve had it sitting in my attic for TWELVE years!?! After Mr. TOF outgrew it, I…

He sleeps so nicely when he’s attached to a person. If someone is holding him, he will nap for hours. If he is snuggled into his bassinet, he lasts fifteen minutes.

When your mom is helping your brother with the viola, and your sister needs to practice her harp, you get a close up view! Peanut Maximus still loves being next to someone who is practicing, or in the middle of a few people practicing different instruments.

One of the highlights of every visit from Grandma Kathy is that she saves all of the comics sections from her newspaper and brings a whole stack for everyone to enjoy. Even Peanut Maximus is a fan!

I asked YaYa if she would please draw a nativity scene on the outdoor chalkboard when she was home for Thanksgiving, and she made this by flashlight in the dark! I am loving looking at it every day out the window of the family room.