One of the best things for the kidlets about visiting Grandma Robbie and Grandpa Ron on this trip was being able to navigate the short trip across the driveway to visit Old Gramma Jan on their own. Believe me, I could hardly keep them away from Old Gramma Jan because…

I still have so many images to share from North Dakota!  I’m jumping over to the second half of our trip, which I mainly spent snuggling with Baby Alex.  We both enjoyed several luxurious naps together cuddled up on the couch. It was my auntie way of spoiling him, because…

I was thrilled that my nephew Jack wasn’t terrified of me when we were in North Dakota.  At Christmas he just cried and cried whenever I was near him (but laughed and laughed at Dr. Peds).  This time he let me hold him and we had a great time.  He…

The Banana stole granola this morning.  I came downstairs from my shower, and there was granola all over the floor, the table, and the kitchen counter.  She was the culprit.  The consequence was no snack after nap, which hit hard.  We had just been snuggling on the couch, recovering from…

After dinner on Easter Sunday, my sister-in-law Jennifer took the kidlets outside to have an egg hunt, which was fun in every way that egg hunts can be fun.  There was great scrambling to find eggs, much running and dashing about my mother’s yard, followed by careful lining up of…

The kidlets and I had a fast and furious trip to North Dakota this week.  Ya Ya had the week off from school, so we celebrated Easter with my family and then had a great time meeting Auntie Dot’s new baby Alex.  I have oodles to share, of course, but…

Just a few minutes ago, I was sitting across the table from Mr. Sneaky Pants, eating a plate full of noodles and a few cucumbers.  Ya Ya is at school.  The Banana is off with Dr. Peds having lunch at her favorite place in the world:  the grocery store.  So,…

Birchbark . . . I love it.  I love how it’s stark white against the colors of the forest.  I love how it peels and sometimes you can find a piece on the ground and take it home and think about writing a poem on it.  I love how there…

The temperature was actually 71 degrees today, on the 31st of March.  Unbelievable.  I made the most of it, too.  In the morning The Banana and I went on a short hike and played at two different playgrounds.  We stopped at the bread store and got some fresh bread to…

Ya Ya found out on Friday that she received a bronze medal at the state level for a PTA contest for that story she wrote last fall about a princess who didn’t have to eat her vegetables.  She is over the moon excited and has a very proud Mama.  I…