Peanut Maximus has been busy “building boats” while I check my email. Quickly check my email. It doesn’t take him long to build a few boats, and then he’s into other things.

Should I be concerned that The Banana borrowed my regular clothes to dress up as “Mrs. Mixup, the Crazy Cat Lady?” Probably yes. Yes, I should be concerned. The youth symphony and other youth orchestras played a not-too-spooky concert as part of “Eek! The Depot,” a family event. The Banana…

He found his biggest sister’s ski helmet and insisted on putting it on his head all by himself. Backwards.

He might have said he didn’t want to give her a hug, but she made sure she got one anyway. It wasn’t too much of a fight.

He’s been having fun filling up the bucket of his tractor with leaves and then hauling them around, or just dragging the tractor around the yard by the bucket. The tractor has even made its way to violin/viola lessons on Wednesday so he can play with the violin teacher’s leaves…

Peanut Maximus has a preferred mode of transportation, and it is up by his big brother’s head. Mr. TOF is extremely accommodating. They go everywhere. Around the house. Out in the yard. Down the sidewalk in the neighborhood. Peanut Maximus loves the perspective up there. It gets a little higher…

Last night Dr. Peds, Mr. TOF and I went to a concert that combined choirs and orchestras from multiple schools and a college across the city. They were performing Vivaldi’s Gloria, and The Banana was in the orchestra. As we drove onto the college campus where the concert was taking…

For some reason, right after he eats seems to be his favorite time for focused, intent playing. Sometimes it is cars, sometimes it is blocks, and on this particular night, it was magnatiles. I love the way light comes in through the dining room window at this time of year…

On Saturday Mr. TOF and I saw The Banana swim for the last time in a high school meet in our city (that we will be able to attend). It is hard to believe that! It’s also crazy to think that when The Banana started on the high school swim…