Things got busy around here, and I didn't get around to posing pictures from our visit with my nieces in Iowa a few weeks ago.  Although we were not able to be at their house long, we had a wonderful time watching movies together, playing with their new giant black…

A few weeks ago, I was helping The Banana clean up her room.  We were going through the basket of socks, when I came across a particular grey sock filled with something heavy.  I looked inside and found about 10 marbles that we had been using when we played play…

The evening was gorgeous.  The sand was delightful.  On our way home we stopped for Take and Bake Pizza.  

He spends nap time EVERYDAY listening to the audio book Ingraine the Brave. (Greg finally downloaded it from itunes and burned him his own copy).  He listens for hours every single day, and he turns on the book during clean up time, at bed time, and when he's playing in his…

Lately the kidlets have been crazy about duct tape.  They seriously love the stuff.  The Banana likes to make "band aids" out of colored duct tape and decorate her appendages.  Ya Ya spent a large portion of last week using duct tape, felt material and cardboard boxes to make a…

This is what The Banana does when she thinks she might be in trouble.  She covers her eyes and then approaches me.  Because, if she can't see me, then I can't see her, and If I can't see her, she probably won't get in trouble.  Or I might give her…

I ask you, would these two lovely girls not be perfect for the role of Cinderella's stepsisters? We had a bit of spare time yesterday afternoon, and I realized that Ya Ya and The Banana both had near matching white eyelet dresses.  I approached them with the idea of dressing…

Swimming.  I remember being little and staying at a motel and being obsessed about swimming.  It was the sole reason to go on vacation in my little mind.  My husband and I have talked often about how we just couldn't understand why our parents didn't want to go swimming ALL…

When one cousin has her tonsils and adenoids out, it's a great excuse for ALL the cousins to have frequent popsicle snacks.   I love this picture, because it just seems to show the personalities of everyone in the bunch.  

We had a good visit with Grandma Great and Grandpa Great.  They enjoyed watching the kidlets spring about in their home, and we enjoyed Grandpa's stories and Grandma's wit and twinkling eyes.  It was particularly good to see Grandma reading.  Grandma is a big reader, and it is one of…