The Banana, on Sunday afternoon after church while Destructoman was napping and Ms. Crazy Preschooler was busy gluing little pieces of cardstock on a picture of a turkey to make a mosiac.

For those of you who cronically complain that there are no pictures of me on the blog, I set up the tripod during nap today and snapped a few. Note that I did not EVEN photoshop out the large brown spots on my face that have appeared from my pregnancies.…

The Banana is just getting over a nasty case of baby acne that sort of turned into cradle cap of the head and face, but I think she’s still adorable. Her skin is much, much better than it was about ten days ago. She’s awake much more and gives out…

Nine days ago my babysitter’s cello teacher called needing an emergency accompanist for her son who was singing in the Nats (National Teachers of Singing) competition November 3. Although I consider myself an adequate pianist by average standards (I can play difficult music with much diligent practice) I am a…

This pretty much sums up my days: one smiling, one crying and one watching. The role varies from person to person from time to time.

Me: Can you tell me the Italian name for these notes that have dots underneath them? (staccato notes) Student: Uhmmmmmm. Spaghetti notes?

This is Hannah with Greg’s special and well loved dog named Roger.

I found this costume at the thrift store and couldn’t resist.

I am so excited about this chicken costume. Mr. Cuddles LOVES chickens. He is crazy about chickens. But he’s not so crazy about the costume. In fact, I think he’s afraid of it. After almost an hour of persuading, I finally got him to put the chicken coat on to…

Ever since I bought this princess dress on our way home from vacation, Ms. Crazy Preschooler has been wearing it every chance she can get. She borrowed the fairy wings from a friend, and uses the crown that Gramma Robbie gave her when she came to Wisconsin to visit. Today…