Mr. Sneaky Pants loves the Magic Treehouse book series.  He is seriously obsessed with it.  I cannot wait for the day when he can read and reread the books himself, (I don’t find them the most exciting thing to read out loud) but for now, reading a chapter of a…

There was a lot of drama on this walk.  There was “my sister pushed me into the creek” drama (although she didn’t actually push him  . . . she just suggested he hop across rocks and he slipped and fell in).  There was “my sister is going to be lost…

I did not plan on taking these pictures.  The kidlets actually spontaneously decided to sit down on a walk we were taking Friday evening, and I asked if they wanted to hold Squirmy.  YaYa and The Banana argued about WHO would hold Squirmy, so I said they could take turns.…

Every Wednesday we wait in the cry room at church for AWANA to start, watching Sarah sing with the kids choir.  The cry room is an odd shaped little room with big windows and some comfy furniture inside.  It’s a nice place to contain my kidlets so that they aren’t…

We have a routine, and we’re sticking to it!  Squirmy gets happier every day, and we are all grateful about that!  We also like regularly scheduled naps and bedtime and most nights Squirmy sleeps through the whole entire night just like the big kids.  It’s pretty amazing, and I credit…

A few weeks ago we drove up to Grand Marais on a Saturday in a quest to see beautiful leaves and ate lunch at one of our favorite restaurants, The Crooked Spoon.  Mr. Sneaky Pants ordered an amazingly delicious peanut butter apple sandwich from the kids menu.  Next time I’m…

Yes, believe it or not, there are actually two boys in our church with Samson hair (maybe even more?!?)  Mr. SP and this small guy have become fast friends.  We met his family a few weeks ago actually, when our family and his family both ended up at the same…

Some friends of ours from church, actually our babysitter’s family, started a pumpkin patch/fall festival this year, with festivities happening each weekend in October.  We’ve been meaning to go, and because the weather was beautiful again this weekend, we thought Sunday afternoon would be a good time.  We had loads…

The Banana and Ya Ya were enjoying their supper outside on the deck. I was inside feeding Squirmy. The Banana:  Well, pee on me, Ya Ya! Ya Ya:  What? The Banana:  Pee on me. Ya Ya:  What did you just say? The Banana:  PEE ON ME!  Ya Ya, it’s another…

Here is everyone in the family who was home this morning on the couch together, even the cat!  The Banana was playing with the “little toucher” otherwise known as Dr. Peds’ ipod.  Dr. Peds was looking up something on the ipad.  Squirmy was being his squirmy self.  And the phone…