This is what The Banana does when she thinks she might be in trouble.  She covers her eyes and then approaches me.  Because, if she can't see me, then I can't see her, and If I can't see her, she probably won't get in trouble.  Or I might give her…

I ask you, would these two lovely girls not be perfect for the role of Cinderella's stepsisters? We had a bit of spare time yesterday afternoon, and I realized that Ya Ya and The Banana both had near matching white eyelet dresses.  I approached them with the idea of dressing…

Swimming.  I remember being little and staying at a motel and being obsessed about swimming.  It was the sole reason to go on vacation in my little mind.  My husband and I have talked often about how we just couldn't understand why our parents didn't want to go swimming ALL…

When one cousin has her tonsils and adenoids out, it's a great excuse for ALL the cousins to have frequent popsicle snacks.   I love this picture, because it just seems to show the personalities of everyone in the bunch.  

We had a good visit with Grandma Great and Grandpa Great.  They enjoyed watching the kidlets spring about in their home, and we enjoyed Grandpa's stories and Grandma's wit and twinkling eyes.  It was particularly good to see Grandma reading.  Grandma is a big reader, and it is one of…

In The Car A nearly crocheted kid sized blanket Air conditioning on full blast, blowing straight at the Mama so she wouldn't get carsick Magnetic Poetry for Kids Magnet art in the Magnet box Two big baskets of children's picture books Writers Almanac podcasts on Mama's ipod (listened to with headphones  to appease those who just don't appreciated poetry (Dr. Peds). Audiobooks (Oh, how we love you!) The Mouse and the Motorcycle Piper Reed,…

This evening we had a neighborhood block party on our street.  It is one of our favorite summer events, and I was so happy to have not missed it this year.  We block off the street for a long block or so, and everyone brings food to share.  There is…

The Banana has been having a lot of fun making houses out of these wooden block puzzle pieces and playing with these people this week.  However, Sarah is the one that actually constructed this fun scene at nap yesterday.  The structure farthest to the left is the entrance to a…

On Saturday we drove down to Maple Grove to visit our good friends from medical school.  The visit had been scheduled for several weeks so I could travel down to take some pictures of their four amazing children.  (You can see some of the pictures over on the photography blog ).…

I forgot to mention that we were excited to meet up with our college friend, Brudvig, last Monday. He was visiting the area on vacation with his family, and we had a super time bumming around with them for the afternoon and visiting the aquarium, snacking on some ice cream,…