All the pictures I have from Mr. SP’s birthday visit to the trampoline park with cousins are of the climbing walls!  Perhaps that’s because I was so busy jumping on the trampolines myself that I didn’t manage to actually capture anyone else jumping.  I figured that if I was going…

The afternoon of Thanksgiving Eve I made four pies.  Two pies were going to church.  Two pies were staying home.  Two pies were standard delicious pumpkin pies.  Two pies were an experimental cream pie, which ended up being sweet and edible, but not my favorite, even though they looked kind…

Surprise!  The Cousins came for Mr. SP’s thirteenth birthday!  We began the day with bagels and cream cheese in the bathtub.  Isn’t it remarkable how many cousins can fit in one tub?  It was a wiggle fest. Midmorning we headed to the new trampoline park.  We hadn’t been there before,…

Because why not? Never a dull moment here.

  The Imaginary by A.F. Harold:  This was a terrific read aloud.  The pictures were wonderful.  The story was full of imagination and suspense.  I came across this book entirely by accident, and I’m so glad I did!  I read it out loud to Mr. TOF, and both The Banana…

  We hadn’t been to the Christmas City of the North Parade in years.  The last time we went Kidlets 2 and 3 were in a double stroller and Kidlet 4 hadn’t been born yet.  The thought of the huge crowds of people and all that bundling up kind of…

I may be a bit bogged down reading the Magic Treehouse Series out loud to my favorite resident first grader, but we have had a chance to delve into some great picture books over the past few weeks.  He’s also been busy reading to me. Early Reader Books Here are…

Science night is a big night at our elementary school, not to be missed!  Mr. TOF and The Banana were excited to see what the science students at UMD brought this year, and they did not disappoint.  I am continually impressed with the great job the science students do each…

We’ve had an ugly narrow table in my office for years for kidlets to work on art and writing projects.  It is made of pressboard, and was super cheap, but it gets the job done.  I mentioned to Dr. Peds that I was thinking of painting the work table and…

When the cousins came to visit, it was so fun to see how my smallest niece’s personality is blossoming.  She’s a little more tentative in comparison with some of her siblings.  She watches and observes and takes things in at her own little pace.  I was blessed to have some…