The Banana ran our local half marathon with two friends last weekend. She had a fantastic time and loved running with the crowd on the sidelines cheering all the runners. She definitely plans on doing it again. To prepare, of course, she had to do a lot of long distance…

Cousin Elizabeth came for a few days! There were countless games of Taco Vs. Burrito with Mr. TOF and YaYa, hiking outings, visits to the playground and the beach. She collected sea glass and some driftwood to paint with YaYa one evening when it was raining. There was puddle stomping…

It was Father’s Day, and EVERYONE was home for the day. We went to church together in the morning (and almost took up a whole big long pew to ourselves!) and then decided to load everyone up in the van in the late afternoon to get Vitta Pizza on the…

After a busy day of play in the house, in the yard, and then at the Hartley Nature Playscape, we ate a super quick supper of fresh eggs in the style of scramble, and then we scrambled to the beach at the mouth of Lester River (YaYa’s pick, and it…

This is finals week for school, so The Banana was deep, deep into a stack of test preparation. Mr. TOF was finishing up some things on his To Do list. The Devious Snail was with friends, and YaYa was out of town on a trip. Dr. Peds was off doing…

They were watching a deer just out of the frame of the image. It was so close, which is not uncommon because the urban deer here have no fear whatsoever! The deer aren’t even afraid of monster toddlers and all their movement!