They were playing “Gandalf:  Lord of the Life Jackets!” He was trying to keep up with his cartwheeling sisters.   They made boats out of sticks, grass and bark. They were slithering around, pretending to be sand snakes. He was pretending to play baseball. Obviously they had a wonderful time.…

On the menu for breakfast in the bathtub:  banana chocolate chip muffins.  Everyone had two. There were presents!  Of course, several books were opened, as well as a new cape and alphabet crown, so Mr. TOF could pretend to be Super Alphabet Guy or King of the ABC’s.  He loves…

I love these bubbles!  Grandma Robbie had bubble wands for each kidlet, and the wind was so wonderful and strong that all they had to do was hold it up and the bubbles flew out.   He was SO excited about this tractor that looks just like his Papa’s!  It…

An earlier purchase of a bike rack that attaches to the hitch on our van allowed us for the first time ever to bring bikes to my parents’ house.  Actually, this trip  was the first time I had used the bike rack, and after a brief learning curve, I’m pretty…

My mom supplied water guns, and to no one’s surprise, the kidlets were delighted to have a water fight.  The guns were a bit tricky to fill with water, but that didn’t stop the fun at all. Mr. Trouble on Feet was not excited about other people getting him wet,…

It was hot at Grandma Robbie and Papa’s house.  Since my mother waters her lawn literally 24 hours a day (it’s a super soft, beautiful green lawn) it was the perfect opportunity to run through the sprinkler.  At home I usually make them turn off the water after a short…

I just got back from a super fast trip to North Dakota to pick up YaYa and Mr. SP from Grandma Kathy’s house and take all four kidlets for a quick visit to Papa and Grandma Robbie’s farm, where my mother spoiled me with a delicious peach pie and spoiled…

  Recently The Banana has spent a lot of beach time searching in the rocks for agates and sea glass.  Surprisingly, she’s been quite successful at finding teensy eensy pieces of sea glass and even one or two tiny agates.  I love sea glass.  The smooth edges are calming, and…

If it seems as though there have been a lot of posts with beach pictures lately, that’s because I’ve been going to the beach a lot!  I can’t help it.  I love the waves.  I love the rocks.  I love being able to see the horizon.  It’s such a relaxing…

There was a lot of running from here to there and back again.  There was also a lot of roaring and peals of infectious laughter.  He’s been playing up a storm outside every day and ending each day with layers of grime, grub and unidentified sticky substances, so evening bathing…