Peanut Maximus is still talking about the Sunday School program at church. It looked like he wasn’t singing very much during the program, even though he knew all the words to the preschool songs. (He did sing more during the second service.) However, really he was not singing very much…

He loves his Daddy. He loves playing cars. Not many things are better that when he gets to play cars together with Daddy. It’s the ultimate pre-bedtime activity.

Dr. Peds brought home a fantastic little snow plow for the resident vehicle-lover, and he was so excited. Watching the snow plow is a big deal around here, and many hours have been happily spent with the little snowplow. We even gathered a little snow to bring in and push…

We were walking to the car to pick up Mr. TOF from swim practice. Peanut Maximus: Dinosaurs are too big to fit into cars. Only kids fit into cars. Me: Yep, Dinosarus would not fit into the car. Peanut Maximus: Some Dinosaurs have teeth. Me: Yes, dinosaurs do have teeth.…

There was food! There was more food! Cousins went sledding and shoveled sidewalks and driveways. There was a trip to Bentleyville, and a thrift store shopping spree! Cousins went swimming, and there were many, many board games played. Peanut Maximus wanted in on all the fun, and his Auntie Dot…

At Thanksgiving everyone feasts and then waits for the rice pudding with raspberry topping to be passed around the table. The person who lands the hidden almond in their bowl gets a prize. This is a very, very big deal. The entire serving bowl of rice pudding will be consumed…

The Devious Snail was at college for his birthday, but home for Thanksgiving just a few days later, and we had a tiny impromptu present-giving celebration the night he arrived. The Banana specially selected a gift for him months ago when she was on a trip with her friends before…

Every day he lines up vehicles, and I love it so much.