I'm standing next to the stove, stirring crabapple jam this afternoon.  The Banana bounces in from her play kitchen with a plate of wooden and plastic food in her hand (a cookie, peas, mashed potatoes, a hamburger, cheese, and a slice of bread).   "Mama!  I'm having a party!  Come…

One of the treats of my trip to North Dakota was that I happened to be there during the baby shower for my new nephew, Jack.  The shower was at a restaurant in Bismarck, and it was especially entertaining for me because not only did I get to see Baby…

For the first time ever, last Saturday when my parents were visiting, one of the kidlets, Mr. Sneaky Pants, to be exact, accidentally dropped his shoe in Lake Superior.  The tumble down happened off a large rock, that jutted into the water, and although the wind was calm and the…