It was big stuff, getting to sit at the big kids drawing table. The only problem was that The Banana was a little too short to actually reach the table. So she improvised. I love the chunky monkey belly on this last one! Stout, with firm ideas sums up this…

Mr. Sneaky Pants: Mama, do the teachers at church stay there? Do they sleep in the nursery at night?

Sunday afternoon before I left for a nasty dress rehearsal for my chamber choir concerts (it was fraught with disaster, and I’m hoping that tonight’s concert goes much, much better) we took a little jaunt down to the rocky beach to play. Rocks are far better than any commerical playground,…

Dr. Peds gave me these tulips last week because he knows how much I want to open all the windows. Tulips are my very favorite flower, and I’ve taken great joy in watching them begin to blossom in their little pot on the center of my dining room table. Yesterday…

Here’s The Banana, waiting patiently for me to lift her up out of the crib after a deep afternoon slumber. I love those bright red cheeks. All my kidlets get so very warm while they sleep. They’re like little toaster heaters.

The Banana is really into pencils. She carefully searches for writing utensils that her siblings may have left on the floor or within reach, and then locates a scrap or two of paper to draw. (Sometimes if she can’t find the paper she uses the wall, but luckily for me,…

These are the ducks that are drowning in soap suds in our bathtub. While I was downstairs having a wonderful time playing with The Banana this afternoon, the eldest two children were upstairs having a bath. They can mostly do bath time themselves. I usually just check in on occasion…

I’ve been an uninspired blogger the past few days . . . I’m blaming it on the February doldrums and a nasty case of a sinus cold. Here are some random details to chronicle the past week: 1. While I was out of commission on the couch, The Banana had…

Yesterday was Dr. Peds’ birthday. When I asked him on Wednesday what kind of cake he would like me to make to celebrate with the kids, he replied, “Let’s use that cherry chip mix that we’ve had around for a long time. And let’s put it in ice cream cones…

We’ve had some very busy chefs. They love to use the children’s picture books for their cookbooks and “read” recipes. I’m sharing a favorite recipe from Mr. Sneaky Pants: Banoni Soup salt fried eggs cheese slices sugar milk bread pancakes slices of bologna Cook in soup pot on medium heat.…