Taking a cue from her big brother, The Banana snatched a banana off the edge of the kitchen counter today when I had my head turned east rather than west. I hadn’t heard from her for several minutes, and was just realizing things had been mysteriously quiet, when Sarah came…

It’s cold. It is so cold here, in fact, that I actually turned up my thermostat four degrees to compensate for the negative 60 degree windchill the west side of our house is battling. Needless to say, we are cooped up inside. And to make matters all the more crazy,…

I recently had the opportunity to swtich bass clarinets, from my old bass clarinet to a new one. I am so, so thrilled. The bass clarinet is probably my very favorite instrument to play, and I was feeling so frustrated with my old instrument because it had some serious limitations…

Yesterday morning Sarah decided she would have a tea party breakfast. This involved placing Cheerios, dehydrated apple rings, and a few chocolate chips on the tiny tin plates that came with her tea set. She poured lukewarm water out of her teapot into the little tea cups, and ran back…

Dear Mother: I am sending you a DVD slideshow so that you can truly appreciate the torture I went through procuring these pictures of The Banana and Sarah in their exquisite Christmas dresses. (See a small preview in the picture of The Banana below) Expect the slideshow to arrive via…

I KNOW in the world of photography pretty much EVERYTHING is wrong with this image: the blown out face, the crhomatic aberation, the terrible color balance . . . but I really love it anyway.

Please take note of the reading list I added to my sidbar! I have fallen helplessly behind in posting about the books I’ve been reading, so I decided to experiment with a sidebar list with a quick review of the books.

When we interviewed for my husband’s current job, we were given a free pass to the local aquarium to do some sightseeing with our kids. While Mr. Sneaky Pants was only Banana-size, and Hannah was still hanging out in my belly, Sarah has not forgotten the experience at all. In…

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…