Mr. Perpetual Mess BEGS to wear these little barrettes that belong to his sister, and she gets so furious, chastising him until she’s nearly in tears that boys are not supposed to be wearing barrettes. I let him wear them around because it makes him happy, and he’s very confident…

I can’t believe I actually have one of these in my yard. My husband is seriously obsessed with disc golf. He has frisbees upon frisbees, treated as most precious objects, stored ever so carefully so that they don’t bend, warp or scratch in order to fly with perfect prediction. For…

We had a super Independence Day, although the early morning was a bit rough. I woke up extremely grumpy, so grumpy and grouchy, in fact, that my husband ended up getting out of bed when I was in the middle of doing kid breakfast so that I could crawl back…

I’ve been busy the last few days doing things that just don’t seem to be of any interest of all. Today Ms. Crazy Preschooler and I went shopping at Target, Barnes and Nobles and the craft store. We splurged and had a grilled cheese sandwhich and a treat at Barnes…

We’ve been doing several art projects on the deck the last few days. The weather has been beautiful, so we’ve been hiking and hiking, and smearing a lot of paint around.

I am not a seamstress. Most likely I will never be a seamstress. I can use a sewing machine to sew paper into a mean little book, but for the most part, material really makes me queasy. My mother, on the other hand, is marvel with her sewing machine. Really.…

The Banana is finally adjusting to grass. Earlier this summer, whenever she was placed on the lucious green stuff, she’d scream and scream. I think the blades of grace irritated her skin a little or something, and she really let everyone in the neighborhood know about it. Lately I have…

A couple of years ago, my good friend gave me the idea of celebrating half birthdays in our home since we have a lot of birthdays that come extremely close to major holidays. I thought it was an interesting idea, and the more I thought about it, the better it…

Mr. Perpetual Mess and Ms. Crazy Preschooler are seriously taken with blue ice cream complete with mixed in M+M’s. Last night we took a long walk to get some ice cream down by the lake. It was a beautiful night and there were tons of people milling around. We saw…