It was great to get outside and into the forest. A lot of the trails were closed off because of wet conditions, but we had fun tromping on the trails that were open. Our shoes were nice and muddy by the time we got back home, and that is just…

He may have worn this sweatshirt every day for a week. It might have even been more than a week. I do make sure he changes into a new pair of pajamas every other day or so. Hey, it’s all the less laundry I have to do, and really, we…

I am loving the sunshine on our deck, which is now clear of snow! There is a spot underneath the chalkboard that gets extra warm in the midday sun, and it is also blocked from the chilly breeze. I love lying on the warm wood of the deck and having…

They are all getting a lot of practice using their persuasive skills.

In between the important acts of celebrating Easter, last weekend was all about building marble runs in the family room. I didn’t manage to capture an image of the most complex structure, which was an elevated track that stretched the full length of the room, starting up on the mantle…

This is our first true week of distance learning, where teachers are sending a larger load of assignments that need to be completed. This has made the computers in the house a hot commodity. It’s working quite well for my bigger kidlets, but I will say that Google classroom is…

There’s been quite a bit of Monopoly happening recently at our house. Mr. TOF loves Monopoly, and he’s always begging people to sit down for a lengthy board game with him. Usually he can convince about 2/3 of the family to join in. He puts up notices all around the…

The weather was good on Sunday evening, so we headed to the beach after supper. The kidlets brought sidewalk chalk and a spade to dig through rocks. The spade wasn’t actually used very much, but they left the beach more artistic than they found it. I didn’t mind because I…

In a somewhat humiliating way, I unfortunately needed to relearn that commas should not be used to separate parts of a compound predicate. I had forgotten this mechanical rule, and I was leaning on the “comma-conjunction rule,” forgetting it was superseded by the other rule, and made a lot of…