All of my babies have worn this super cute red fleece hooded jacket.  They are always fun to snuggle when they wear it, and Mr. SP is no exception. I used the last zucchini my mother-in-law sent home with me from the cabin almost a month ago to make zucchini…

When I was a child and a teenager, I loved the first day of school.  I waited all summer for it, and the first three weeks of August were always excruciatingly long.  I could barely stand it.  I counted the days until school would start.  There was nothing better than…

My family came to visit over the weekend!  Even my brother came.  I was excited to see all of them, but I was most especially excited to see my nephew, Jack. I think he is probably the most adorable creature to ever walk the earth.  He’s just hilarious.  A ham.…

Ya Ya made one robot. Mr. Sneaky Pants made two robots. The Banana made three robots.

Observation:  Mr. SP closely resembles a sheep dog on the soccer field, and as Dr. Peds noted, with his lack of a haircut, he’s probably most like a border collie. Like all soccer players, Mr. SP spends a great deal of time running at the soccer game.  It’s just that…

Never fear, he only cried for but just a second.  It looks like he’s going to be every bit as much of a coldwater swimmer as all of the big kidlets, because although he wasn’t too happy about his very first experience with the water, the second and third dips…

We were down to the rocky beach in the late evening.  The sunset was beautiful.  Even though we were facing east and the sun was setting behind some clouds to the west, the way the sky became illuminated and then changed was magnificent.  I am rarely out and about at…

It was grotesquely humid today.  Thankfully our soccer game was scheduled in the late evening rather than the early evening, and after the first bit the sun was setting and there was a breeze moving the air.  We came armed with a large water bottle and a cooler full of…

We snagged this amazing folding cardboard castle at the used library book sale this year.  We happened upon it completely by chance, and I believe that a cardboard castle couldn’t have found a better home anywhere.  It came in a big plastic bag, and with it were a bunch of…

She loves loving her baby brother.  My biggest helper, she follows me around most of the day, running to get things I need like pacifiers and bibs.  When I have to put Squirmy down on the floor or in the carseat or baby swing, she’s right their trying to calm…