• Conversations on the Drive to Church

    Last Sunday I dressed in a long sleeve solid beige shirt, a long red calico skirt, and since it was chilly and rainy, I snuggled into a beige tightly knit wrap/shawl.   In the car on the way to church: Mr. Sneaky Pants:  Mom, is your choir singing this morning? …

  • (Ir)resistible Letters

    It was chilly and rainy for most of the weekend.  Sarah came home from school in the middle of a rain shower last Friday, and we were peering at the weather forecast on our favorite weather site, looking ahead at a lot of cooped up playing inside time.  We decided…

  • Afternoon Hiking

    The Banana, Mr. Sneaky Pants and I went on an early afternoon hike to Lookout Point.  We tromped through the mud, up and down hills and through spooky forests, where we kept an eye out for vicious dragons.  Everyone had to find just the exact right stick to carry in…

  • A Sorrowful Banana

    The Banana was in time out for hitting her sister, and pulling her sister's hair, and taking a big bite out of seven separate peanut butter snack balls.  

  • Outside in Monkey Pajamas

    Right before bed all the kidlets were outdoors, some of them in pajamas, having a light saber fight with Dr. Peds.  Dr. Peds invested in two more light up light sabers.  You can't even imagine the chaos.  I'm so happy the weather is warmer and they take them outside where…

  • The Alligator Out the Window

    Out My Window  I can see An Alligator Swimming in the Sea. The Banana and I were at church, waiting for Sarah to practice with the children's choir.  The weather is warming up, and so we decided to play outside in the toddler play area.  The Banana was smitten with…

  • My New Website

    It's with a little bit of trepidation that I am announcing here that I am now available to take pictures of other people's families.  I'm (nervously) starting a very small side business venture.  It's been in the works for the last few months, as I have frantically been reading and…

  • The Easter Bunny Brought Swimsuits

    These pictures LOOK like they could have been taken last July.  But they weren't!  Today we woke up and the temperature at sunrise was 42 degrees, higher than our daytime high has been for weeks.  By eleven in the morning the temperature was 68 degrees, and it held for the…