I was recently editing wedding images that I took for a former student’s wedding a few weeks ago. The Banana stated she wanted me to photograph her wedding some day, and I replied that no, I would not be doing that because I would need to be a mom on…

Here are some things I’ve learned in the last couple of months:

Senior Pictures gone south — But maybe this would make the perfect graduation announcement? Never a dull moment, I’m telling you!

The Banana and Mr. TOF had just returned from a rowing regatta in Canada, and they needed to be at the boat house to help unload rowing shells and put them away. YaYa was traveling, and Dr. Peds left that afternoon to drive the Devious Snail back to college (sad…

I will concede that Peanut Maximus had been acting very “two” weeks before he actually turned two. The official event happened a few weeks ago during a very busy week in the family calendar. In fact, The Banana was the only sibling home for part of his birthday, so it…

Rowing Season has mostly ended for The Banana and Mr. TOF, and it is just starting up again for the Devious Snail, who is back at college for fall semester and rowing. This summer was the first season of rowing for Mr. TOF, and he really enjoyed it so much.…

The Devious Snail, Peanut Maximus and I headed to a beach with easy access. Peanut Maximus was busy, and I made a deal with the Devious Snail that if he helped chase him down, I would treat him to ice cream. Peanut Maximus kept us on our toes! There were…

Usually Mr. TOF is number 8 (his favorite number), but this year someone on his team already was number 8, so he decided to be number 88. Double the luck! Mr. TOF had a great baseball season playing on a great team with coaches who were pretty much liquid calm…

Peanut Maximus and I dropped The Banana off at All State orchestra in Moorhead, and since we were already 2/3 the way to Grandma Robbie’s house, we drove a little farther to see Grandma in the Flesh (not just on a screen!) Right before we drove away from home early…

It was a beautiful evening, and since Mr. TOF and Dr. Peds were in the Cities for a baseball tournament, we didn’t need to be back to pick anyone up from baseball practice, so we headed up the shore a tiny bit to Stony Point. Peanut Maximus loved scrambling over…