The cousins and Grandma Kathy came to Sunday Night at the Beach! We headed up the shore to Stoney Point, and it was such a perfect, beautiful night! The Banana had just arrived home from her final rowing regatta for the season, and she needed to help unload boats down…

Grandma Kathy delivered two cousins for a modified Camp Aunt Rachel last weekend. The past few weeks of summer have been a bit of a doozy and many plans were thrown out the window, so I was super happy that we managed to get these cousins here! There was baseball…

The Banana had been to the beach with friends from the swim team earlier in the day, and when we were deciding what beach to visit that evening, she mentioned that the waves were beautiful, so we decided to go for it. I had been avoiding the sandy beach for…

The cat managed to get sprayed not once but twice within the span of five days. Both times he was hanging out on the back deck and encountered the neighborhood skunk. The first time he smelled, but I don’t think it was a direct hit. The second time was really…

We were up early for breakfast in the bathtub before The Banana headed out early to rowing and the Devious Snail headed to work. Mr. TOF was headed to an early morning trombone lesson. But really, for the birthday boy, breakfast was pretty much right on time, because he rises…

We headed up the shore and stopped at McQuade Harbor. This summer we are all about trying new and interesting little beaches we don’t normally frequent because access to the rocky beach is tricky. We had never stopped at McQuade harbor before, so that was kind of fun. There was…

Someone figured out how to reach the muffins cooling on the table.

When I’m practicing I usually don’t lift Peanut Maximus up onto the bench to play the keys because he loves it so much he would never stop, and I would never get anything accomplished. Instead, he toddles and crawls around under the piano, around the room, playing rhythm instruments and…

Once again, it was just YaYa, Peanut Maximus and me! Dr. Peds was working. The Banana had just arrived home from one camp and was preparing to leave for the next camp. The Devious Snail was with friends. Mr. TOF was at baseball practice. We beachgoers decided to stop at…

The Banana, Peanut Maximus and I stopped for a little mini -visit at my mom’s house on the way to International Music Camp drop off. We were there for a couple of days, and then my mom watched Peanut Maximus while I drove The Banana to camp before leaving to…