It had been a ridiculously long time since we had visited my parents because of the pandemic. It was an exciting weekend filled with cousins, sugar, fresh air, bike riding, pie, prairie trail walks and runs, gopher hunting and other sources of goodness. (The Devious Snail may have stayed up…

I was alone at the beach! The Banana was napping. Dr. Peds and the Devious Snail were working and then cooked on the grill at our neighbor’s house. I waited for Mr. TOF to get back from baseball practice before I left for the beach, but he ended up being…

The kidlets have alway loved classic playground equipment, which has become very rare these days. The last twisty slide and merry-go-round were removed from one of their favorite local parks a few years ago, and they are always complaining. Whenever playground equipment has been replaced at our local parks, they…

It’s baseball, baseball, baseball every day around here, and Mr. TOF literally loves every second of it. In addition to some great pitching and hitting, he made a super sweet double play the other night which was actually really beautiful to watch. It was kind of like grace in motion,…

The big kids and I were in North Dakota over the weekend to see Grandma Robbie and Grandpa Ron. We brought bikes. The Banana even had bicycle earrings on for her bike ride to town. We picked up YaYa and her bicycle from college on our way, and the Devious…

Donuts! Cousin Alex was visiting and made it into the bathtub for the breakfast celebration. Even with a cousin added in, the bathtub felt a little empty, so Cardboard Sarah joined us. As soon as the grocery store opened, The Banana and I were there picking up the donuts and…

Mr. Trouble on Feet and I headed to a little point off the Lakewalk to watch Independence Day fireworks. Over the years we have tried a lot of different places to watch fireworks, and this happens to be his and my favorite. It’s not that crowded because most people don’t…

Today was the third day in a row of ninety degree weather, and already our second big heat wave for the summer season. Usually things are just thinking about warming up at this point. Hot weather is NOT my friend. Yesterday I sweated so much my face actually hurt! Today…

She says the view is great, but I am thinking I probably don’t bend this way anymore.