• Blame Game

    Do not fear! Despite the fact that there are no siblings within twelve years of Peanut Maximus, he has solved the problem of not having anyone to blame for making possibly poor decisions. Today Peanut Maximus got into a cupboard he was not supposed to be in. He took many…

  • 2025 Sunday Night at the Beach: Edition 13

    We dropped Mr. TOF off at choir rehearsal, and then Peanut Maximus and I headed to the beach to scramble around on rocks. During the last few trips to the beach, Peanut Maximus has been excited about going in the water, and he managed to get quite soggy on this…

  • On the Eve of Destruction

    I took a picture of the double impatients on the end of the deck because they were looking better than they had looked all summer and were bringing me great joy. The next morning they were completely destroyed! Something ate them down to the bare soil during the night. It…

  • Cardboard Box

    Peanut Maximus had such a great time coloring a big cardboard box that came last week. One afternoon while Mr. TOF was watching him and I went for a walk, they worked together to make the box even more fun, drawing a train, a digger, and my favorite, a viola.…

  • Mess of the Week: Glitter Edition

    When The Banana left for college she put a large cylindrical container of glitter on the counter in the basement next to the laundry. Unbeknownst to me, or anyone else in the house, a small Kidlet apparently sneaked into the basement, located the glitter, because what three year old does…

  • 2025 Sunday Night at the Beach: Edition 12

    It was just the two of us, and my little buddy jumped and climbed on all the boulders while I sat and relaxed. After a bit, he started to look for “sea glass,” remembering how Cousin Elizabeth found some treasures the week before. The seaglass was really a pile of…