When Mama sends you to your room to pick up your toys because you’ve been whining all day, why not settle down for an early evening snooze? It’s much more relaxing than moving all those toys to your closet. This really cracks me up because it reminds me of all…

Sarah has been pulling The Banana all over the yard in the wagon. Although all the jostling gives me some degree of anxiety, The Banana loves all the bouncing around. To make things extra comfy Sunday afternoon, Sarah equipped the wagon with a fleece blankie and a fluffy feather pillow,…

Thursday morning we woke to Sarah yelling, “I THINK NOAH’S BEEN EATING SOMETHING! HE’S GOT BROWN STUFF ALL OVER HIS FACE!” My first thought, being roused out of a deep, deep slumber was actually, oh no, you don’t suppose a diaper has gone really bad???? But it turned out that…

We’ve gotten lots of rain and a bit of snow over the last couple of days, so while small creatures were napping, I couldn’t resist a quick tromp in the forest with my camera. The creek was storming again, and I just love it! I love that deep thunderous roar…

Because sunshine and 62 degrees truly does feel like the middle of summer in Northern Minnesota, (we don’t see that kind of weather regularly until July, usually) Sarah and Mr. Sneaky Pants were begging to wear summer attire, and I let them. And when we were at the bottom of…

In celebration of the glorious temperature that reached 62 degrees today, we hauled our load of diapers out to the deck to dry in the sun. Woohoo! There’s nothing like fresh spring air and bright sanitizing sunshine. The Banana got a huge kick out of helping me hang these on…

In liu of having not taken many pictures the last few days, I’m inserting a badly scanned picture that I borrowed from my mother when I was home in North Dakota a bit ago. This is my Gramma Jan and me, when I was about the size of Mr. Sneaky…

Remember this waterfall from last July? This is what my favorite neighborhood waterfall looks like today! The spring melt is happening! The weather for the past four or five days has been beautiful, in the fifties or lower sixties, and everyone is out of their winter abodes. Last night I…

It all started about a month ago when I was sitting on the futon reading the quarterly newsletter from our local children’s museum. The article was stressing the importance of involving young children in earth friendly activities, and had a large list of ways families can lessen their detrimental inlfluence…

After playing in the mud all day long, all three kidlets were really quite dirty, so at sundown it was time for a hosedown outside and a long luxurious bath inside. Much time was spent tackling, tickling and loving all kinds of family members. We took Great Grandma Edna out…