I read about this activity in a magazine last year, and then on another mom’s blog, and knew that it would be a great summer project for everyone, but especially for Ya Ya.  A great deal of the credit needs to go to Dr. Peds, because when I explained about…

Swimming lessons continue to be a huge event around here, highly anticipated all day long, by everyone except maybe me:  I feel like I’m in a sauna the whole time I am sitting there watching them swim.  Yesterday Mr. Sneaky Pants jumped in the pool, put on his goggles, and…

This is the first real week of summer here, the first real week of no school.  It’s gone remarkably well, much better than anticipated, but the dynamics have certainly been interesting.  Oh the squabbles!  From sun up to sun down there are squabbles.  The combination of three children together doing…