YaYa remarked recently that one perk of having a birthday two days after Christmas was that she would never have to get up early and go to school on her birthday.  It’s true.  She will always have a birthday that is more relaxing than some of her siblings, because all…

It is a Christmas Day tradition to go sledding after lunch.  There is never a lack of great places to go sledding in this hilly city, so we decided to show Auntie Dot and Uncle Don two of our favorite places.  Baby Alex wore his special hat that we gave…

They were so very excited to participate in the annual Sleepover underneath the Christmas tree.  Even Brutus jumped in.

It is a tradition in our house, when we get home from church on Christmas Eve, to cook supper.  Some years the supper is pretty bleak, or pretty common.  This year we cooked steak and twice baked potatoes.  It was delicious.  After supper we read or do a Christmas devotion…

We had one of the most fun Christmas holidays ever, thanks very much to the visit from Auntie Dot, Uncle Don and Baby Alex.  It was really special to have Squirmy and Baby Alex celebrate their first Christmas together, and just plain fun to have Auntie Dot and Uncle Don…

Auntie Dot, Uncle Don, and my fabulous nephew Baby Alex called two days ago and said they could travel to our house for Christmas!  We were beyond thrilled!  They even brought the puppy along.  My house is a busy place this Christmas Eve:  Five kids, a cat, a dog, lots…

One of The Banana’s favorite things to do lately is to play choir.  Usually this involves lining up kid sized chairs in front of the fire place, and seating stuffed animals on the chairs.  Then The Banana crawls up on the step in front of the fireplace with a picture…

I loved how his eyes were so very wide when I stuffed the first bite of rice cereal in his mouth. This is my fourth child, and I’ve watched a lot of other people take care of their babies and feed them.  I still can’t figure out how to spoon…

On Tuesday night, near the end of a snow storm, we headed down to Bentleyville, an enormous Christmas light display down near the harbor.  The kidlets and Dr. Peds had gone last year, but I stayed home in my gestating state to take a nap.  This year we met up…

Our Star Wars appreciating neighbors brought over these gingerbread cookies for Dr. Peds.  I knew he was going to flip when he saw them, and he did!  The cookies were so inspiring that Dr. Peds couldn’t resist flying them around a little bit before they met their doomsday when they…