Somehow Mr. TOF did not make it to the sandy beach all summer! He was insistent that we go there for Sunday Night at the Beach, since it could possibly be the last beach trip on Sunday night for the season. There was a brisk east wind moving bigger waves…

We ran errands and managed to sneak in a book when we arrived home and Peanut Maximus was calm for just a few minutes. Sadly, we haven’t managed to read very many books yet! This is mostly because Peanut Maximus is usually not happy when he’s awake, and it is…

He doesn’t enjoy the process of getting strapped into his carseat, and he really hates hanging out in the car while everyone else gets in and buckles up, but once the car starts moving he manages to calm down about 70 percent of the time. When The Banana drives and…

We’ve been rolling everywhere! Around the neighborhood in every direction. Through the forest on the wider trails. Down the bike path toward the middle school. Peanut Maximus is generally a fan of the stroller.

We made a quick trip back to the rocky beach on a gloomy evening. The Banana drove, and I sat in the middle next to Peanut Maximus, which admittedly made me a little carsick! Don’t worry. I recovered before anything traumatic happened. Dr. Peds looked for seagrass. He didn’t have…

It is crab apple season. They are ripe, ready to go, and falling frost the tree all the time. It is a bumper crop this year. I haven’t ever seen the tree so full of blossoms as this past spring, and now it is so laden with red fruit that…

Stroller rides: Peanut Maximus loves his stroller. Sometimes he’s awake and calm and looking around while rolling down the sidewalk( it is quite rare for him to be awake and calm in general), and other times he falls fast asleep from all the jostling. Either way, a stroller ride seems…

It was the first trip to the beach for Peanut Maximus! At the end of the night Dr. Peds said to me, “He likes teh beach! You will have a beach buddy for many more years.” Hooray! The beach is exponentially more fun with a little person. It was a…

Peanut Maximus loves cuddles, all day, all the time. He also likes sink baths after he gets over the initial shock of the first rinse down. This is nice, because a lot of the other babies in the family were definitely not a fan of bath time. One of the…

Kidlet 5 has arrived!! For at least a little bit he will be known as Peanut Maximus on the blog. He was born on a Tuesday morning at 8:27 a.m. by C-section, and it was a smooth affair. He is a healthy guy, weighing in at 9 pounds 3 ounces…