He’s been loving the mud kitchen both at home in the backyard and at Hartley. There is no shortage of soup, stew, cake, and pasta.

Peanut Maximus highly anticipated his birthday, and I don’t think he was disappointed. When different people asked him what he was excited about in the days leading up to his birthday he always mentioned the decorations that were going to be in the window in the morning and that we…

To be honest, it wasn’t the most relaxing trip to the beach. Peanut Maximus was slightly feverish and fussy, but he was actually happier at the beach than he would have been at home. Still, he oscillated between having fun and feeling miserable at the drop of a pin. Dr.…

He came down the stairs and announced, “The Banana needs a bandaid.” I looked for a bandaid in the kitchen cupboard, but we were out. “I don’t have any down here. I think there are some in the white drawer in the bathroom. Can you see if you can find…

It’s August, the month I used to abhor when I was growing up. I couldn’t wait for those hot dry weeks in August to be over and for school to start. Now that I live where I live, I am so happy school doesn’t start in August here! August days…

“Come out here right now! You have to see this!” Dr. Peds texted me from the front yard while I was working in the office. Peanut Maximus decided he was the catcher for his imaginary baseball team. He does watch everything so very carefully.

When The Banana found Peanut Maximus sized pajamas at the thrift store that matched her own pajama pants, we had to get them! She thought it would be fun to pack matching pajamas for our road trip to see Grandma. Then Aumnee gave The Banana and Peanut Maximus big and…

I’m documenting a few more fun words I’ve heard in the past few weeks: