Yay to my husband who worked several nights after dark to finish our new sandbox! During daylight hours it is simply impossible to get anything done around here other than concentrated childcare. He tried working during the day but he had a lot of “help” from small helpers, so after…

We really love our new sandbox. (Click on these to make bigger: there is a lot of sandy detail). And we’re back for more!

Cute, isn’t he? And until ten days ago we were getting along very nicely. I liked his extra large load capacity. I felt good about using less energy and water to wash endless loads of laundry. My kids liked watching the clothes spin around at different speeds and in different…

A few days ago we decided to go for a walk on the lakewalk, but we only got about an eighth of a block along the way before we got distracted by the beautiful shoreline. Ms. Crazy Preschooler and Mr. Sneaky Pants got so busy tossing pebbles in the water…

I want to take a moment to let you know that my husband just passed his driver’s test so that he can now be a legal resident of Minnesota. He scored three questions better than I did when I took the driver’s test a couple of months ago (Sadly, I…

Yesterday evening we were invited on a little dinner cruise aboard a tourist boat to meet other new people my husband is working with. The event was a tad overstimulating (lots of REALLY LOUD music to go with the beautiful scenery) but we had a terrific time. The sunset was…

I know, I know, you are tiring of images of The Banana’s feet. Get a life, crazy Mama, you are saying, but I just can’t resist. Her little toes are just so cute wobbling around outside. Mr. Sneaky Pants and Ms. Crazy Preschooler are both winter babies, so they never…

I took this photograph last night down on one of the rocky beaches and I really, really love it, but Greg and I can’t decide which one is better: color or black and white. I like them both for very different reasons, and as usual, I am a most completely…

I keep thinking I should take my broom out and sweep the dried grass clippings, pinecones, brown leaves and cobwebs off of my front steps and make it look like someone actually cares about the appearance of my yard, but then one of my kids sits on the steps and…

I haven’t mowed my front lawn since the 23rd of July. This is mainly due to the fact that we are in the middle of a horrible drought and everything is brown and crackly. There is a litlte patch of green grass, not too long, right around the area where…