I saw the game Castles and Knights (by Haba) in a store a few months ago, and thought it looked very intriguing.  When I ordered it for to give to Mr. SP for Christmas, I had a very good feeling about it, and it turns out that this game actually…

This week The Banana has turned into a foreign language expert.  She walks around babbling in languages that she spontaneously makes up.  It drives Ya Ya and Mr. SP nuts.  She tells stories that are half in English and half in unidentified foreign languages, which use a lot of alliteration…

Of course, the moment you set eyes on your baby for the first time, you are in love.  That’s just pretty much how it goes, for almost everyone, but for me there is something extra special about the time when my babies near the age of six months.  Almost always…

Grandma Robbie has been asking and asking for a vertical black and white picture of Squirmy for months, every time I talk to her on the phone.  TaDa!  He finally cooperated, and I finally remembered to tilt my camera vertically instead of horizontally.

The luge track is back!  After an intense bout of late December rain last week and  then a small amount of snow, our sidewalk has been turned into a slippery little run down to the corner.  It never gets old, sliding down slopes in the winter.  I’m especially glad to…

We were so very excited to attend the Kid New Year Bash up at our neighbors’ house at the top of the hill last night.  It is always loads and loads of fun and excitement, better than any other New Years celebration as far as I’m concerned.  There are noise…

December was a very chaotic month around here. You may recall me previously mentioning that we missed getting our tree from the forest this year, and didn’t manage to get any tree at all for that matter for most of the month because the schedule was so hectic.  The Monday…

He loves chewing on his toes.  He can get out of his socks.  He can get out of his shoes.  He’ll do almost anything to get those toes up to his mouth.  Toes are almost better than thumbs, but not quite.

Two kidlets have completed their thank you notes.  One kidlet will be busy working on making and writing notes tomorrow.  The Banana had a lot of fun making H notes and using some special stickers she got for Christmas to decorate the front of her notes.  She does love the…

It was the perfect day for ice skating, and since winter weather is on its way for the next few days, I decided that if we were going to accomplish an outing to the ice rink, this would be the day.  After an early lunch, we bundled up.  I let…