Late, late last night, Mr. Sneaky Pants came into my office, right before I was about to go to bed.  His eyes were twinkling, and he whispered to me that he had a magnificent idea of some pictures to draw for me in the morning.  He planned to make a…

Squirmy actually had a good night, followed by a good morning.  I couldn’t believe it.  He’s been an unsettled baby, full of reflux and colic, not at all happy unless he’s being held.  This morning, however, for the first time, he rode to church and back in the stroller without…

It was 85 degrees, or hotter, and I’m not sure that it was even possible to get any more humid without raindrops just appearing out of thin air.  To cool down the pint sized players, one of the soccer coaches brought a small cooler filled with ice cubes.  The ice…

In the middle of Saturday afternoon  Uncle Don took on a trio of sword fighters.  They came down dressed in costume with all sorts of weaponry.  There was clashing and dashing and all sorts of clanking, chaos and noise of great proportions.  Every so often the trio would flee back…

Auntie Dot spent a great deal of time braiding hair while she was here.  First she put two beautiful French braids in The Banana’s hair (twice) and then two French braids in Ya Ya’s hair.  Mr. Sneaky Pants is not one to be left out, and he was extremely sure…

Baby Alex is enormous.  Huge.  Gigantic.  I realize he’s only just doubled his birthweight, which means he’s just a bit over 20 pounds, but they are a monstrous 20 pounds for a six month old, and compared to Squirmy’s almost 12 pounds at this point, Alex is a giant.  A…

Auntie Dot, Uncle Don and Baby Alex came for a super quick visit.  We wish the visit were longer and that they were still here.  We had fun talking, eating brownies and other yummy things, reading, sword fighting, and there was significant baby snuggling for all babies involved.  At one…

Soccer season has begun.  Our first game was tonight.  I wasn’t sure if Mr. Sneaky Pants would choose soccer as one of his summer activities this year after last year’s tumultuous season, but he did.  Sometimes he has a positive attitude about it, and  sometimes he’s quite pessimistic, but it’s…

We had a great time at our neighborhood block party last night.  The street was blocked off near our house, and we joined our neighbors for food, conversation, and most exciting for the kidlets:  unlimited bike riding on the street (which is smoother than the sidewalk, although I wouldn’t actually…

I know, I know. I do have other children.  You might like to read about them, or read about anything other than Squirmy at this point.  The truth of the matter is that Squirmy seems to be a Mama’s boy.  He wants to be NEXT to me all hours of…