My favorite part was the gigantic bugs. Each fall the UMD science clubs (chemistry, biology and physics) do a science night at our school, with hands on science experiments.  It’s always terrific.  For the past several years I have been volunteering in the kitchen, so I missed a lot of…

Almost all of the trees  in people’s yards and along city boulevards that were topped in our huge summer thunderstorm last July are now cleaned up, and most of the trails are cleared in the forests as well.  Still, while hiking along, there are just so many trees that have…

I hate to be tickled.  I really hate it.  My whole family knows this. The other night I was sitting at the dining room table while Mr. SP worked through  couple of math problems.  My husband was being a pest. Mr. SP:  Hey Dad!  Want me to hold Mom while…

  The Saturday before Halloween I was drowning in a sea of homemade applesauce.  I was overjoyed to have bins of apples given to me by Grandpa Bob (the grandpa of our neighbors up the hill) and the applesauce is so very tasty.  It is a time consuming process, however.…

  As I expected, the logistics of Halloween were a bit tricky this year, but it all worked out in the end, and the kidlets had a fun night.  The Banana and YaYa both had youth orchestra rehearsals since Halloween fell on a Monday night.  The Banana’s rehearsal was moved…