If I asked them to rake the lawn, they probably would have fussed, but because they thought of the idea all on their own, they had a fabulous time raking the entire front lawn, collecting all the leaves into a big pile.  It was a great weekend for jumping.

The past few weeks have been a little crazy here.  Everyone is going in different directions all the time, so I have a lot of spontaneous shifts driving the Mama Bus worked into my usual teaching schedule.  I take this kidlet here.  I get that kidlet from there.  I take…

This weekend I sliced, boiled and smashed two bushels of apples into many containers of applesauce.  My freezer is full!  I love applesauce, and even though making it myself is a time consuming endeavor for a weekend each fall, the taste of sweet summery applesauce in the midst of February  is…

I love my city.  I love that this is less than five minutes from my house.

I am loving the baby oak tree in the corner of my yard.

I said to them, “Hey guys, you need to pick up the stuff in the front yard before it gets dark.” They decided to WEAR all the things in the front yard while snacking on apples even though I was making supper.

I LOVE missing teeth, so I’m trying really hard not to be sad that this is my last baby to loose front teeth, and instead just enjoy the awesomeness of missing teeth.  The other front tooth is also wiggly, but not tremendously wiggly, so I’m really hopping that it comes…

  It doesn’t seem possible for the news to get darker every week, but somehow it does, doesn’t it?  And bit by bit, we are all getting more and more desensitized, and I think probably more and more glum, cynical and maybe more anxious all the time. Even though this…

I loved having the icky carpet out of my office so much that a few days later when Mr. SP spilled a large container of liquid onto the hallway floor outside the bathroom (I knew that wetness was damaging the floor) I decided to make him help me tear up…

Mr. TOF was super excited to go to the Lester River Rendezvous, which is a historical reenactment of a voyageur camp that happens at the end of September on the edge of town each year.  His first grade class has been learning all about voyageurs, and this kid loves a…