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…

Some friends gifted me with a pot of blooming daffodils after the last preschool music class last week, and I am greatly enjoying them, blooming away in all their cheeriness on the dining room table.  They smell good, and look even better.  There is something special about early spring flowers:…

Me:  Hey, Buddy, it looks like that sock has a big hole in it.  Why don’t you throw it in the garbage and run upstairs and get a nice, new warm sock? Mr. Sneaky Pants:  NOOOOOOOO! Me:  Your toes are sticking right out honey. Mr. SP:  No!  Don’t ever throw…

We brainstormed different “parts” of a cat:  head, eyes, mouth, ears, tummy, legs, tail, and then she drew a magnificent cat.  I love it and I want to hang it up, but she told me I could not keep it.  She was giving it to someone else.  When Dr. Peds…

I sent my son to children’s church during the first service this morning wearing a red sweater and nice khaki pants.  When I picked him up, the entire knee of his pants were missing. Me:  Honey, what happened to your pants? Mr. SP:  Huh?  My pants? Me:  Sweetie, there’s a…