It was an early release day from school.  The kidlets spent their spare hours this afternoon pretending they were at a beach.  This involved wearing appropriate beach attire, pretending to jump into the waves, thrashing about like they were swimming, and sunbathing in the late afternoon sun that crept through…

Dr. Peds:  Hey, buddy.  How's it going? Mr. Sneaky Pants:  I'm STARVING!  I am so hungry.   Dr. Peds:  Didn't you just have a snack? Mr. Sneaky Pants:  That was HOURS ago. Dr. Peds:  Isn't it almost time for supper? Mr. Sneaky Pants:  Well, yeah, but I only had ONE…

Today was "Dress Up like Your Favorite Character from a Book Day" at Sarah's school, the grand finale to Reading Month.  Sarah choose to dress up like Fanny, from Hollie Hobbie's book, which we really love around this house.  She came up with the costume herself:  black leggings, a tutu,…

This morning I got up, made breakfast, and sent Sarah on her way to school.  While Mr. Sneaky Pants was playing on the computer (he's been very into Starfall this week) and The Banana was observing him, I made the mistake of crawling back into bed with my book.  I was halfway…

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches have become the favorite food of Mr. Sneaky Pants.  He asks for them for breakfast, supper, and lunch EVERY day.  Of course, I don't actually let him eat peanut butter sandwiches for every meal and snack, but we do have them a couple of times…

This is the rug under the music stand in my living room. It has been a busy week!  The past two days were filled with Arrowhead Chorale concerts:  on Saturday night in Minneapolis, and Sunday afternoon in Duluth.  We have been working for six or seven weeks on a stack…

One of the highlights of Grammie's visit was the playing of "Tastes Like Chicken" (a favorite card game around here) as well as Sesame Street Uno, and Adaptive Uno (still pronounced "Huno") played with real Uno cards, including the exciting skip cards.  For a quick pre-bedtime treat, the whole crew…

This puzzle happens to be her favorite.  Today she color coordinated the design.  

We've been snuggling up the Grandma!  She arrived yesterday evening, along with a German Chocolate cake with coconut peacan frosting.  I missed the party for Dr. Peds because of a choir rehearsal, but I heard it was a success.  This morning, in addition to a lot of loves and cuddles…

Dr. Peds is having an extremely spread out birthday celebration, due to the fact that his children were so excited about giving him their present that they gave it to him early.  Almost all day today, the actual day of Dr. Peds' birthday, he was working or called in, so…