Pushing around cereal and loading it into dump trucks wasn’t actually as messy as I anticipated it to be. This was an activity that lasted a few days. During the day Peanut Maximus would load and haul, and in the evening after he went to bed, his big siblings loaded…

He is passcoded out of every possible electronic device in the house, but that does not stop him from an undeniable attraction to a screen that lights up. If he sees one he’ll happily sit down and just touch the screen in every way possible until the device has been…

Between school, youth symphony and Lake Superior Youth Chorus, The Banana and Mr. TOF had seven concerts and two rehearsals in the time span from 3:00 Friday to 8:30 p.m. on Sunday. It was nuts! (The Banana was actually leaving concerts before they were over to participate in other concerts!)…

The December schedule in this family makes me feel like this alligator. Full stop.

The Devious Snail rode the bus home from college for Thanksgiving, and Aumnee came over to spend the day with us too. Dr. Peds was working, so it was just a low key day of kidlets hanging out while I cooked Thanksgiving food. We feasted for supper so that Dr.…

I can’t get enough of this wool sweater YaYa found at a thrift store for him. It even has a pointy hood! Also, randomly I saved a bunch of Mr. TOF’s fleece winter hats from his preschool years, and it has been so much fun to pull them out for…

He was pretty happy about a cardboard box to sit in with a basket of markers on the side.

His favorite activity is playing with balls in the front yard with his big brother. YaYa found this amazing wool sweater for him a few months ago, and I love it so much! I just want to scoop him up!