Our favorite resident fruit turned one on Saturday! The celebration has been a bit of a drawn out affair because Dr. Peds was in Boston for a sedation conference, so we waiting until tonight to have cake and presents. The events started out with our favorite tradition, breakfast in the…

The bird migration has started, which is big news in this place, because a hill not too far from my house is one of the most important stopovers for migrating raptors in the upper midwest. Yesterday after the kindergarten bus came and left, The Banana, Mr. Perpetual Mess and I…

A few weeks ago I found this marvelous hand knitted sweater with a matching hat at a garage sale and snatched it right up! I was so excited about my two dollar find, partly because it is hand knitted (I love hand knitted things, but I fear that even though…

The long, long awaited Kindergarten has finally started, and I can no longer call this girl Ms. Crazy Preschooler. I’m not sure what I’m going to call her! She was rather nervous about riding the bus, but when she got home, she promptly exclaimed that the bus ride was her…

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…