• First Day of Preschool

    Mr. Trouble on Feet started preschool last week.  It was a highly anticipated event, that he’s been looking forward to for three quarters of a year, and the experience has lived up to all the hype.  He loves going to preschool so much!  He loves everything they do there.  He…

  • We Took the Violin on a Hike

    Taking pictures of The Banana and her violin had been in my mind for a few weeks when I was hiking in the woods and encountered a field of tansy blooming in a disturbed area that is cleared for city trucks to dump dirt.  Tansy is definitely not my favorite…

  • Mess of the Week: The Sky Blue Edition

    I don’t actually have any images to go with this story, because, quite frankly it was such an emergency situation that Dr. Peds and I both were in a full fledged state of panic.  Getting the camera never even crossed my mind. Last Sunday we came home from church.  I…

  • Batman Takes to the Trail

    Last Saturday I took the three youngest kidlets and their bicycles to Hartley to ride the trails.  Mr. SP was dressed as Batman for the day.  In fact, underneath the Batman suit was his favorite pair of worn and comfy blue striped pajamas.  What can I say, we are a…

  • Touring Glensheen

    Ever since we had such a great time  touring Superior’s Fairlawn Mansion with Grandma Kathy earlier this summer, I have had in my mind to take my bigger kidlets to see Glensheen.  Things just didn’t work out for that to happen during the summer until last Monday, the very last…

  • The Big Kids Go Back to School

    Typically we don’t purchase a lot of clothing when taking care of our back to school shopping.  This is mostly because our kids clothing comes from a variety of sources, and most of the time those sources do not involve regular stores.  However, when Dr. Peds and Mr. SP were…

  • Learning Quests

    This is a long strand of DNA built  by Mr. SP using Zoob. There were a lot of things I had in mind to do this summer that did not happen.  Fortunately there were also a lot of great things that I didn’t plan or predict that DID happen, but…