This week we had our first very hard freeze.  It’s much earlier than normal for us here next to the Big Lake, but it happened nonetheless, and while it has been met with a bit of wistfulness and shock (it was so very warm just a few days ago)  it…

It happened a couple of days before her birthday, of course, that The Banana had her first day of preschool for this school year.  She had been waiting fervently since the last day of preschool in the fall.  Suffice it to say that my social girl thrives at preschool.  She…

She has been waiting forever for preschool to start and for her birthday arrive, and both happened this week, which means I have a very happy little girl at my house.  She has literally been counting down the days to her birthday for weeks now, and so when it rolled…

The weekend was balmy.  Actually, it was hot and almost miserable, but we took advantage of that and went to the beach again.  I know it seems like we’re there all the time, but this time of year, with (my favorite) autumn season waiting to blow in, we have to…

We don’t subscribe to our local newspaper , or any newspaper actually, because I enjoy reading the newspaper online for free and absolutely hate how all that newsprint paper fills up our recycling bin when it just isn’t necessary.  However, for the past few days, the newspaper delivery person, who…

YaYa enjoys a sour, granny smith apple.  The other day, Dr. Peds purchased a bag of green granny smiths from the grocery store, but they are so sour that even YaYa has a hard time finishing one.  She still tries every once in a while though. Yesterday Squirmy toddled right…

No one missed the bus!  In fact, both kidlets were amazingly easy to rise out of their slumber.  They were dressed and ready to go right on schedule.  We packed the lunches, packed the snack, and had everything organized and ready to go in time to be down at the…

This evening we attended the open house at our elementary school, a time when kids get to meet their teachers for the first time, and explore their classrooms before school starts the next day.  We bring our school supplies so that they don’t have to be dragged onto the bus…

An afternoon trip to Little Sand Bay, which is part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, had been on my list of things to do this summer, so last Friday afternoon we traveled along the South Shore toward Bayfield.  The sand at this beach is so amazing:  perfect sugar crystals…

Expect some very picture heavy posts coming your way soon, but I have been too busy being out and about this weekend with the kidlets and haven’t gotten them edited yet.  We’ve been soaking up every last drop of summer before school starts this Thursday.