The Banana has been tickled with the leaves that have fallen on the sidewalk.  She likes zooming down the hill on her plastic foot bike and crashing into a pile at the corner of the sidewalk, where I have plopped myself to make sure that non of my children miscalculate…

One growing boy.  One  well-loved Big Wheel bicycle, courtesy of a dad who couldn't resist giving his son the opportunity to scoot around like he did.  One superhero cape poorly sewn by a non-sewing mom.  One gleeful ride down the sidewalk.  

We were so thrilled to be able to have our good friends from residency in Wisconsin come and visit us from the great state of Montana.  Our two nights and one full day with them were spent in fantastic conversation, and sprinkled with lots of fun kid activities.  We played…