Science night is a big night at our elementary school, not to be missed!  Mr. TOF and The Banana were excited to see what the science students at UMD brought this year, and they did not disappoint.  I am continually impressed with the great job the science students do each…

We’ve had an ugly narrow table in my office for years for kidlets to work on art and writing projects.  It is made of pressboard, and was super cheap, but it gets the job done.  I mentioned to Dr. Peds that I was thinking of painting the work table and…

When the cousins came to visit, it was so fun to see how my smallest niece’s personality is blossoming.  She’s a little more tentative in comparison with some of her siblings.  She watches and observes and takes things in at her own little pace.  I was blessed to have some…

On the cello I learned one large piece and several small pieces, along with a 3 octave scale. On the piano I learned a 3 part invention by J.S. Bach and a few short pieces by Granados. I learned that I really need to create some kind of a system…

The Banana came up with the most hilarious Halloween costume.  I think it might even top her chicken ballerina costume when she was two.  Inspired by the new curlers we tried out a few weeks ago, she decided to be a crazy cat lady.  We tied up her hair in…

So, I’m a bit behind again on blogging about the happenings around here.  The cousins were here last weekend, through Halloween!  Then the cousins left, and I acquired a nasty little virus, so I’m just putting things back in order this weekend. Eight pumpkins were carved!  I don’t have pictures…

If I asked them to rake the lawn, they probably would have fussed, but because they thought of the idea all on their own, they had a fabulous time raking the entire front lawn, collecting all the leaves into a big pile.  It was a great weekend for jumping.

The past few weeks have been a little crazy here.  Everyone is going in different directions all the time, so I have a lot of spontaneous shifts driving the Mama Bus worked into my usual teaching schedule.  I take this kidlet here.  I get that kidlet from there.  I take…

This weekend I sliced, boiled and smashed two bushels of apples into many containers of applesauce.  My freezer is full!  I love applesauce, and even though making it myself is a time consuming endeavor for a weekend each fall, the taste of sweet summery applesauce in the midst of February  is…

I love my city.  I love that this is less than five minutes from my house.