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Mr. TOF just recently discovered baseball caps.  Right before we left for North Dakota Dr. Peds bought him a special Minnesota Twins hat so that he could have a hat that matched Papa’s favorite team.  It was a very big deal.  Mr. TOF convinced Papa to play a lot of…

Mr. Trouble on Feet felt pretty apprehensive about climbing up into the tractors on the farm.  His cousins had no fear at all.  In fact, I was watching Mr. TOF and Cousin Jack play ball in the evening, and I was supposed to be supervising Cousin Connor, but after a…

After lunch Cousin Connor crawled up, and stopped moving.  He completely zonked out on that squishy belly.

Mr. Trouble on Feet was thrilled, and I do mean thrilled, to discover that the church clothes he picked to take to North Dakota just happened to match the church clothes his papa (one of his very favorite people ever)  picked out for Easter morning.  They didn’t plan it one…

Old shoes.  New shoes.  Dr. Peds bought Mr. Sneaky Pants new shoes before school last fall.  He always buys shoes a bit big because Mr. Sneaky Pants is a growing machine.  I can’t even imagine how he’s going to go through shoes and clothes when he actually hits that boyish…

March was a crazy month that sent me into “stay with the routine and survive with your nose to the grind” mode.  This month’s learning list is short. I did learn a FEW things, though: Avocado is  a terrific addition to a smoothie.  It thickens everything up and somehow makes…

So, I’ve been just a big consumed the past week and a half with  Arrowhead Chorale performances of the St Matthew Passion (a work by J.S. Bach).  When I found out that the St. Matthew Passion was going to be  part of our season this year, I was incredibly excited.…

This kidlet had a huge stash of gift cards to use at Barnes and Nobles from his birthday and Christmas, and I’m not sure what else.  He has been asking and asking for a special trip to the bookstore, just me and him, and unfortunately, I was about 100 days…

The temperature has been hovering around 34 degrees for the last week or so (a fine temperature), and this is how Mr. Trouble on Feet has been dressing:  shorts  and a T-shirt, soccer cleats, stretchy finger mittens, his big brother’s Ninja face mask, the button pin from Grandma Kathy that…

She’s always ready to pose for my camera, this niece of mine.  It makes my heart pretty joyful.  The only thing she asks in return is to take a look at the pictures on the LCD screen on the back of the camera.   Since Grandma Kathy is known around…