We were all waiting for the Devious Snail to arrive on Thanksgiving morning, but The Banana in particular could not stand that he was a few minutes behind his scheduled arrival time to the extended family celebration. She held watch at the window. “He’s missing important minutes with ME!” she…

We are making the most of the unseasonably warm temperatures this week! He had so much fun swinging this morning.

Listening Reading Enjoying Anticipating

In the last week or so he discovered how to turn pages in books all by himself, and he has been sitting with stacks of books, opening them up and looking at two or three pages before moving onto the next book. It is pretty adorable. We’ve been reading a…

I walked into the kitchen and discovered a small bandit had gotten into the snack cupboard and found the bag of peanut puffs. The entire contents of the bag were scattered on the floor, and he was effectively stuffing his mouth with them as fast as he possibly could. I…

Hair ties. A Bracelet. A watch. Worn down stickers. Hundreds of aluminum can tabs. What else could be on a water bottle? This is the water bottle that goes to swimming with The Banana, and probably other places too. The collection of aluminum can tabs has something to do with…

There are few things Peanut Maximus likes more than a little bit of wild play with a big sibling or two.

He had so much fun sending cars of all sizes down the ramp with Mr. TOF. There were so many giggles, and toddler giggles are just terrific. (Significantly much better than toddler screams).

First of all, you need to know that while The Banana did not actually wear a costume on Halloween, she did have a youth symphony concert the Saturday before at a Halloween event, and she wore a gigantic fuzzy pink Easter bunny costume on stage while playing her violin. She…