I am surprised each year about how much some of my students look forward to the piano performance party.  I’m not even good at throwing a party, but they are always excited to come to share their favorite piece they’ve played so far this year, play music jeopardy or “name…

All days are not sunshine and roses around here, and some days I’m nauseous with worry about how these kidlets are going to turn out in the end.  But some days around here are awesome, and every once in awhile these kidlets do something that make my heart sing and…

YaYa made this skirt!  What I mean is this:  she took a hunk of fabric off of her fabric shelf.  She thought about what she wanted to do with it.  She decided to make a skirt.  She looked though a bunch of books about sewing.  She combined instructions from two…

So many library books fly in and out of this house each week that I usually cannot fit them all in one tote bag anymore, and of course I have a dangerous book buying habit.  Here are just a few of the more notable things that I have read on…

Dr. Peds came home from visiting Auntie Amy Texas with presents for everyone.  I’m not sure if it was his idea or the brainchild of Auntie Amy Texas, but Mr. Sneaky Pants received a little box with hard ant candy inside.  It was a large, flat jolly rancher type candy,…

After going to YaYa’s band concert a few weeks ago, Mr. TOF realized that bands can sometimes sit down, too.  He deiced to try it.  He got the little red chair.  He put on his cowboy boots (because band players have to wear boots on their feet, he tells me).…