The kidlets were dying to have another Easter egg hunt Sunday afternoon, and well, since it was Easter after all, we said OK.  We sent them outside to run around like maniacs while we filled up the plastic eggs with pennies, quarters, and coupons.  Dr. Peds and I looked at…

Happy Easter!  We had a low-key day here.  Muffins were baked for breakfast.  There was a  frenzied rush to church frought with drama and a small mama-meltdown, but it was so good to be there when I finally settled into a pew.  We haven’t been here for Easter for many…

While everyone was at school, he drew a colorful masterpiece to send to a little girl in Haiti that we sponsor through Compassion International.  It is my hope that she gets as much joy out of looking at the crazy scribbles as he did creating them.  We’ve sponsored this wonderful…

Casualty of a spill on the bicycle, the leggings met the sidewalk with a violent first impression.

This week it seems weird not to teach music class three different mornings.  The kidlets and I have been missing the grandmas and the other kids and moms a lot.  It is nice to have more relaxed mornings sometimes, though. In addition to his fascination with airplanes, Mr. Trouble on…

I’m so glad that we have a park within walking distance of our house.  When we first moved in, the park had hardly any playground equipment in it, and the next year they removed that equipment and we had NO playground for several years, until the neighborhood raised enough money…

My mom brought Easter eggs with her, and unlike chintzy me, who fills the eggs with coupons or pennies or something like that, she filled them with candy.  I forget every year just how much my kidlets love a good Easter egg hunt, even if there is NOTHING in the…

My mom came Saturday afternoon and stayed two nights.  She brought with her a freezer full of meat and my honey rations for the year.  The beekeepers in my hometown make the most amazing honey that has ever existed and she always procures some for me so that I can…