My neighbor has been building this third SnowHenge for several weeks. First there was a firm foundation, then blocks forming a circular wall at least 8 feet tall all around his fire pit. This past Friday he was out with a friend adding on an arched entrance. I love it…

They have a little time together every day, no matter how busy it gets. It’s one of the busiest seasons of the year here, where the big kids leave for school early in the morning and don’t arrive back home until late at night because of robotics, rehearsals, concerts, swim…

He’s all about hanging out on his tummy these days. It’s an instant flip from laying down on his back, and he is in that adorable “swim” phase where he rocks on his stomach and waves his arms and legs in the air. Along with all that tummy time comes…

Peanut Maximus loves his bath time. This cushion for the sink works better all the time as he grows.

I was inspired by the instagram account @thatsinkingfeeling365, where a photographer is working on a 365 photo project documenting her kitchen sink from above each day. After seeing about ten of the beautiful and artistic photographs, it really struck me how the contents of the sink showed things happening in…

There’s been a lot of snow, which means that there has been a lot of shoveling and snowblowing. Luckily we have a lot of teenagers! Our first big blizzard involved three snow days from school and a snowfall of nearly 30 inches. On the third day Mr. TOF mentioned, “I…

One of Dr. Peds coworkers knitted this amazing platypus for Peanut Maximus before he was born. She asked Dr. Peds what a good animal might be for our family, and of course he mentioned a platypus because The Banana continues to adore platypuses, and Mr. TOF is also an admirer…