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Happy Birthday Mr. Sneaky Pants! It was a special treat that Gramma Robbie and Grandpa Ron could stop by for a quick party before they left to drive back to North Dakota this morning! Mr. Sneaky Pants has never had the opportunity to share his birthday with any extended family.…

Thanksgiving is one of my very most favorite holidays, and I was so excited about this one because my parents, brother and sister-in-law were driving across the state of Minnesota and halfway across the state of North Dakota visit our house! I had a grand master plan of being organized,…

Auntie Dot and her friend Don are here visiting for the weekend. After spending all Friday in great anticipation of her arrival and then having to actually go to bed before Auntie Dot arrived, Mr. Sneaky Pants and Sarah were elated to wake up and find her here this morning.…

We’ve recently discovered the Fancy Nancy books. I don’t know how we managed to miss them for so long! They’ve been quite inspiring for Miss Sarah, who is very into accessories and creative clothing choices. And they’ve been a good reminder to me to chill out about the clothing choices…

Mr. Sneaky Pants cuddles up with his stuffed friends to watch Signing Time on the computer in our bedroom while one sister is away at kindergarten and one is napping in her crib. The zig zag afgan is a special relic that my Grandma Edna made me when I was…

Sarah brought home a picture of a turkey last Friday with instructions from her teacher that she was to decorate it with anything we had around our house and bring it back to school on Monday. Sunday afternoon, I went out to do some shopping by myself, and before I…

In honor of my leaving for a terrific chamber choir rehearsal tonight, Dr. Peds decided to make spaghetti pie, something I had been holding him off of making for the entire almost 9 years of our marriage (it involves a lot of mixed up red sauce . . . not…

Yesterday morning we woke up to snow! Sarah and Mr. Sneaky Pants ran downstairs and pulled our their snow attire before they even sat down to eat breakfast. (The Banana preferred to finish her cheerios in the warm dining room). They zoomed out the door and had a great time…

My kids have always loved trains. Over the years I’ve acquired a lot of cheap wooden train track at garage sales and other thrifty venues. Since we’ve moved to Minnesota we have stored the train stuff in a basket under the activity table (a serious bargain in and of itself…

Saturday afternoon was beautiful. Dr. Peds drove to the other end of town to complete a few errands. I got my hair cut, and we decided that to celebrate the wonderful fall weather, we would drive down to the rocky beach. Of course, by the time we actually got everyone…