The Banana began preschool yesterday.  She’s been looking forward to this for what seems like forever.  It had been an especially excruciating wait from the time that the biggest kidlets were in kindergarten and third grade until her school began yesterday.  She was nearly bubbling over with anticipation about having…

We arrived at this soccer game approximately 45 minutes late.  And I thought I was doing so great, getting us there on time, only to arrive and discover that the game had started at 5:15 instead of 6:00 like I had thought.  I looked at the calendar wrong.  Fortunately, though,…

All of my babies have worn this super cute red fleece hooded jacket.  They are always fun to snuggle when they wear it, and Mr. SP is no exception. I used the last zucchini my mother-in-law sent home with me from the cabin almost a month ago to make zucchini…

When I was a child and a teenager, I loved the first day of school.  I waited all summer for it, and the first three weeks of August were always excruciatingly long.  I could barely stand it.  I counted the days until school would start.  There was nothing better than…

My family came to visit over the weekend!  Even my brother came.  I was excited to see all of them, but I was most especially excited to see my nephew, Jack. I think he is probably the most adorable creature to ever walk the earth.  He’s just hilarious.  A ham.…

Ya Ya made one robot. Mr. Sneaky Pants made two robots. The Banana made three robots.

Observation:  Mr. SP closely resembles a sheep dog on the soccer field, and as Dr. Peds noted, with his lack of a haircut, he’s probably most like a border collie. Like all soccer players, Mr. SP spends a great deal of time running at the soccer game.  It’s just that…

Never fear, he only cried for but just a second.  It looks like he’s going to be every bit as much of a coldwater swimmer as all of the big kidlets, because although he wasn’t too happy about his very first experience with the water, the second and third dips…