Mr. TOF headed to fifth grade for his last year of elementary school. I miss my stay-at-home learning buddy, but he’s really excited to be back at school. These two are both in the same building again since The Banana has moved to high school. They crack me up all…

We were driving down the highway and we passed one fo those “Adopt a Highway” signs. She said, “Mom! Since you haven’t actually been able to adopt any children, maybe you would like to adopt a highway!!!!” I’m thinking it is not quite the same.

We drove to Stony Point, which was practically deserted, and the evening was picture perfect! The weather was astounding. The sunset was one of the best all summer, and we were blessed by driving back home with the most beautiful vibrant peach glow — it was breathtaking. The Devious Snail…

August was full of glory even though there was a lot of hot, dry and windy weather. Here are some little images from our yard and neighborhood.

Mr. TOF and I read a book about Venice, and I learned so many things I didn’t know about this interesting city, like how glassblowing and glassmaking has been an important part of the history of the city, and the history of the four golden horses on top of St.…

Auntie Dot had an important birthday right before family cabin weekend, so of course we needed to celebrate with everyone all together. What could be more perfect than a parade from the back cabin to the front cabin and around the loop a few times? The kidlets and cousins made…

Cousin Katherine picked a trip to the Secret Beach for our Sunday night excursion. It was delightfully wavy, and I was told that the water was not too cold, actually. They had a lot of fun splashing in the waves that were breaking. There was also a search for sea…

I was sitting on the dock at the cabin during family cabin weekend, and a shaft of sunlight hit this underwater plant just right.

It was a week filled with creative art projects, cooking in the mud kitchen, board games, a trip to the Timber Twister Alpine slide, waffle ball in the front yard, and a marble run extravaganza. The Banana baked and decorated a cake with Cousin Katherine, and we made smoothie popsicles…