Various teenage Kidlets were arriving back with burritos from Qdoba when I was heading out the door with Peanut Maximus to go to the beach. The Banana needed to get back to studying, but the Devious Snail and Company jumped in the van with me. I offered to let them…

To avoid disturbing older siblings who were deep in piles of difficult homework over the long weekend, Peanut Maximus and I took a stroller ride to the neighborhood park. He tried everything he could reach, and then some. Let’s just say when this kid is awake, he is BUSY. He…

First of all, let me just say that I am so very glad that this summer we are out of the rock eating phase and into the rock throwing phase! I am predicting Sunday Night at the Beach to be much less stressful this summer! For our first Sunday Night…

Sunday afternoon was warm, and there was a mixing bowl on the deck with a little bit of rainwater in it. Peanut Maximus was enjoying putting a few rocks in the water, and I thought, maybe we should look under the tree and see if we could find some pinecones.…

This little one just gets busier and busier every week. His favorite thing is being outside. He loves walking around the block, playing with balls in the front yard (especially if Mr. TOF plays with him!), swinging in his little blue swing, and the sandbox. Everything is an adventure outside.…

We missed the Friday night auroras because it was just a very rough night around here. So when I went outside on Saturday night at 11:00 and saw faint columns shimmering and glowing in the sky above the deck, I called The Banana away from her harp, and Mr. TOF…

It’s become an annual tradition to take a few portraits of The Banana when the rhododendron blooms. The bush grows more astonishing every year, with all of its fluffy purple goodness. It is so ridiculously glorious that a kindergarten piano student walked in on Monday and asked, “Are the flowers…