On Thursday afternoon I was up in my office working on my computer. In ran an excited Mr. Sneaky Pants. In his hand was a crumpled up, ripped brown paper bag that he had acquired from under the couch. “I play CROSS!” He gleefully yelled. In my head I was…

We locked our kids out of the house yesterday afternoon. Greg widened the path along our sidewalks. Sarah made “snow ice cream” by soaking snow in water dripping from the rain gutters. Hannah enjoyed hanging out in her sled and getting pulled from place to place. Mr. Sneaky Pants and…

The weather was beautiful yesterday afternoon; we’re having a bit of a January thaw. I walked up the road in the afternoon with my camera. These aren’t anything overly special, but the yellow light was beautiful.

While Mr. Sneaky Pants and The Banana were napping yesterday, Sarah asked if we could do a math activity together. Luckily for her, I had been carrying this graphing idea around in my head for several days. Her teacher mentioned in a newsletter that she would like families to do…

Greg got this hat a few weeks ago. It is not only very exotic looking, but very toasty as well. The small people in our abode enjoy trying it on, too. I knew it would make a good picture on someone as soon as I saw him walk through the…

In the car on the way to church: Noah: I am so ANGRY about nothing. He’s been so angry about nearly everyone and everything for the last few weeks. Although it gets a bit frustrating at times to hear “I’m so angry about . . . ” spoken in a…

At lunch today Greg penned this poem on a piece of scratch paper and gifted it to me as I ate my cottage chese: Surly Ray Surly Ray was upset today Kids, you see, were getting in her way Keeping all her age appropriate learning activities at bay It’s her…

In addition to swiping all of the cardboard boxes we have around our house, Sarah has begun to sneak treasures out of our recycling stash. She created this lovely sculpture yesterday afternoon. It was entirely her idea, and she was ever so thrilled with how it turned out.

Mr. Sneaky Pants hates looking at pictures of himself as a baby. Today I gave him and Sarah some photo books to look at while I was attempting to cook lunch. My goal was to keep them busy and out of the kitchen. In one of the books Mr. Sneaky…

All four corners of all four molar teeth have cut through finally! I think we’re on our way to happier times! The Banana has been very busy singing, dancing, and pushing buttons on anything that has a button lately. She loves the cheesy canned music that this toy cell phone…