• Wednesday Footwear: Edition 4

    It’s Wednesday footwear, with a special guest! The theme was boots! It was winter break from school (no violin and viola lessons). Peanut Maximus was out playing in the front yard, and The Banana saw him out the window while practicing her harp. She jumped up, threw on two of…

  • Outside

    We’ve been having some usually warm weather, and Peanut Maximus has been all about being outside every chance he can get. He loves walks around the block. He loves throwing balls around (even better when a big brother is outside!). He loves every corner of the yard, and he likes…

  • Illuminated

    This week the golden light is back in my kitchen! For a few weeks in the very late winter/early spring and a few weeks in the fall golden light streams through the dining room window and the door into the kitchen, and it makes the evening lovely. The kitchen in…

  • Celebrating

    I asked Dr. Peds multiple times what I could make for his birthday. Blueberry muffins for breakfast? Cake? A treat? Some other special food of one sort or another? I got no definitive answer. He finally apathetically said “Toast with avocado.” It turns out he meant for lunch. I thought…

  • Reading Books with Dad

    Peanut Maximus was very excited that Dr. Peds did not have to work after a long and busy week of lots of work. He’s been having fun pulling many paper books out of the book baskets every day. He likes to sit next to us and pretend to do his…

  • A Few Words

    Peanut Maximus is a slow talker, just like all the other kidlets in the family except for YaYa. He is signing up a storm and can say so many things (I’m so grateful for sign language!), so there is no lack of great communication. However, there are only a few…

  • Watching

    Little eyes are always absorbing around here, whether it is pouring cereal or doing homework, throwing balls outside, or something else.