• Are you Tired of Ice Yet?

    It was a beautiful evening, and to celebrate the extra hour of daylight because of the time switch, we drove down to the beach AFTER supper (woohoo) at sunset. The ever changing ice was ripe for exploring as the sun dipped down beneath the hill. There was a rousing display…

  • New Residence

    Last Friday Sarah was home from school during the afternoon because of kindergarten round-up. She played Uno with Dr. Peds. She read a few books. She created beautiful jewelry with plastic beads. She played nicely by herself with Legos, and by the time I got back from volunteering at the…

  • Laundry Day

    This is not a job that can get done under normal daily circumstances, so I usually try to do it at night when people are sleeping. However, today Dr. Peds was in charge of the kidlets and I folded away for a nice hour and a half this morning. At…

  • Potty Training: Abstract Artistic Analysis

    I really am a modest person. Really. But I can’t resist not telling this story. Late last week Dr. Peds brought home a bag of long skinny “clown balloons” with some instructions and decided he would embark on the process of learning to make all kinds of balloon creatures. To…

  • Mess of the Week: The Missing Bag of Powdered Sugar

    The Banana is learning a few tricks from her big brother. Yesterday she ran past, a streak of chubby legs and arms. I noticed a mysterious cloud of white dust following her, but I was busy with other things and didn’t really play close attention. A few minutes later Mr.…

  • Loving the Crayon Basket

    It was big stuff, getting to sit at the big kids drawing table. The only problem was that The Banana was a little too short to actually reach the table. So she improvised. I love the chunky monkey belly on this last one! Stout, with firm ideas sums up this…