While my husband was away this weekend, I recruited some small familiy members to help pack some of our leaves into the yard waste bin. I had The Banana on my back, and while they cooked up a lovely batch of mud soup, dirt coffee, and rotten-green salad, complete with…

Mr. Sneaky Pants is in a terrible transition right now, the move from needing a long afternoon nap and needing a quiet play time in the early afternoon. If he takes a nap, he can’t fall asleep at night. If he doesn’t fall asleep at nap, he completely looses it…

It’s been almost one month since I took the kids hiking for The Banana’s birthday and fell down a flight of stone steps on the hiking trail, scraping all the skin off my lower legs and bruising my knees. Those wounds have healed very nicely. On Friday afternoon, in the…

Sarah came home from school on Friday with her front bottom tooth hanging on by a string only. I mentioned to her that she would probably loose the tooth by morning, which was a very exciting proposition for her. For supper we had eggs and toast, and after cleaning her…

On Sunday morning I played the prelude for the worship service at our church. That means I had to be up at 5:30 a.m. to get everyone ready and in the car so we could get to the church by 7:45 a.m. This wasn’t terrible, but no matter what planning…

We had a wonderful time outside this beautiful autumn afternoon. I was trying to take some specific pictures in a specific spot of my yard because the light was amazing. NONE of them turned out the way I wanted them to. But, as usual, when I opened up the stack…

Check out these teeth! In the last three weeks or so The Banana has gained four new top teeth. Only two are really visible here, though. They are nice and sharp. Take my word for it.

He was upset because his big sister got to the ball first. This morning Mr. Sneaky Pants was having a difficult time adjusting to the fact that it was morning. In other words, he woke up in a horribly bad mood. I was snuggling him on the couch, while The…

Sometimes Sarah and Mr. Sneaky Pants get along so nicely and work so well together, like Friday afternoon when we hiked down by the creek. The whole trip DOWN the steep trail they held hands and giggled and had the best of times. And then there is the rest of…

Unfortunately, I’m not one of those mothers who always manages to keep her kids’ noses clean and nicely wiped, their faces free of debris from lunch. And although I’m rather embarrassed sometimes when people come up to me with a klenex (which I’ve most certainly forgotten to bring with me)…