Most of the time we celebrate Independence Day with our neighbors up the hill. This year I think I probably enjoyed myself more than ever. The Banana was out of state with Grandma Kathy, and the Devious Snail was working, but YaYa came home for the day, so we brought…

Peanut Maximus is really into pretend food right now, and when I walked into the foyer, I found three hand drums set as tables and abandoned.

We needed to drop of some lifejackets at Wilderness Experience where YaYa is doing her summer internship again this year, and since it was after the busy hours, we had to stop and visit the sheep and chickens, of course! Peanut Maximus loves the sheep and chickens so much he…