Tooth number six snapped right out of Sarah's mouth in gym class this week, and I'm loving the mismatched orthodontic look!  There are some grown-up teeth, some partially grown in teeth, and now this brand new hole!  With any luck, there will be an additional hole opening up on the…

Here are some images I loved from a visit with Grandma Jan right before we left Pettibone.  The kidlets warmed up to the idea of a wheelchair ride, and The Banana had a lot of fun playing with that lovely PINK flashlight.  Mr. Sneaky Pants took a liking to Grandma…

This is my Uncle Tom.  He's a little like the famous Norwegian bachelor farmers on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, except that he's German rather than Norwegian.  He decided early on that marrying was NOT for him and lives and farms alone.  Happily.  He has a dog.  He's very tall,…

I was on a quest while on vacation to take some good photographs of my mother all by herself.  It's always fun to take good photographs of my mother, because following my mother around with my camera and various different lenses really drives her over the edge.  And driving your…

Three kids. Six Glowsticks. One Dark Garage. Fifteen Seconds. A lot of crazy dancing, spinning, twisting, flying, and screaming and maniacal singing.   One brilliant Grandma Kathy with a before-bedtime vision.   (The orange sticks were for Mr. Sneaky Pants.)

We're back,safe and sound, and happy to nestle into our own house again.  I've spent the day unpacking suitcases, putting things away, doing laundry, and teaching lots of students.  I have many neat pictures and stories to share about our trip to North Dakota, but I can't seem to focus…

I'll be away from my computer for the next ten days or so as we visit family.  Happy Easter!  Hopefully I'll be back with some fun pictures to share!  

We've moved on to duct tape, since we're out of masking tape.  Nothing stops my costume making friends.  Mr. Sneaky Pants used it in his battle ax yesterday, and we made a handle for a cardboard shield with the gray sticky stuff today.  

I got home from chorale rehearsal on Sunday night just in time for my husband to answer the phone.  It was Dot, saying she'd be at our house in ten minutes.  Surprise!  She's on her way to work out in the wilderness again, and was able to spend all day…

Long ago, when we lived in Bismarck, our neighbors had a little girl one year older than Sarah.  The little tyke was a prodigious bicycle rider (she understood the gross motor concept of pedaling at a very, very early age) and had a small bicycle of her own that the…