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Comedy Routine
After watching a Muppet movie a few weeks ago, Mr. Trouble on Feet has become a bit fixated on the Muppets. Not only does Animal do some awesome drumming, but he particularly loves Fozzie’s comedic antics. He walks around blurting out “Wocka! Wocka!” at unusual times, and he’s been inspired…
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Getting the Trees
Every year on the first Saturday in December we go to the forest near Boulder Lake to cut down our Christmas trees. We stumbled on the Christmas Tree cut day the first year we moved here, and it’s become a terrific family tradition. The day for cutting is always the…
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My Sweet Little One
We were walking out of preschool, and I squeezed my boy’s hand. I love the feel of little fingers. “I love holding your hand! When you go to school will you still hold my hand?” He said to me, “Mama, I’ll hold your hand even when I’m 100.” …
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Goofy.
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What I Learned in November
It turns out I love listening to poetry being read aloud even in languages I don’t understand, like Norwegian, Finnish, and Danish. There’s just that beautiful lilt to the words as they rush and slow, and I love the vowel sounds in Scandinavian languages. My kids can make an enormous…
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Cookie Snack
Mmmmmm. Cookies.
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Thanksgiving
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Our day was slow and quiet and just what we needed. Dr. Peds had to work at the hospital, but he made it home in time for our late afternoon meal. The rest of us stayed in our pajamas and slowly cooked…
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Mr. Sneaky Pants Celebrates Eleven
Birthdays that fall on school days. Sigh. Every birthday should be on a weekend, I think. Nevertheless, celebrate we do! We were up long, long before the sun. I ran to the grocery store as soon as it opened up for the day and acquired the requested donuts. As…
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From the Art Room
Here is YaYa’s latest painting. She was frustrated with several aspects of it, but I absolutely love, love, LOVE it.
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Concerning Deep and Important Conversations
I had something important to talk to Mr. Sneaky Pants about. Me: Come on in here for a minute. I have something I want to talk to you about. Mr. SP: Oh no! No way! You have got to be kidding. Me: What? Mr. SP: The three worst things you…