He loves chewing on his toes.  He can get out of his socks.  He can get out of his shoes.  He’ll do almost anything to get those toes up to his mouth.  Toes are almost better than thumbs, but not quite.

Two kidlets have completed their thank you notes.  One kidlet will be busy working on making and writing notes tomorrow.  The Banana had a lot of fun making H notes and using some special stickers she got for Christmas to decorate the front of her notes.  She does love the…

It was the perfect day for ice skating, and since winter weather is on its way for the next few days, I decided that if we were going to accomplish an outing to the ice rink, this would be the day.  After an early lunch, we bundled up.  I let…

YaYa remarked recently that one perk of having a birthday two days after Christmas was that she would never have to get up early and go to school on her birthday.  It’s true.  She will always have a birthday that is more relaxing than some of her siblings, because all…

It is a Christmas Day tradition to go sledding after lunch.  There is never a lack of great places to go sledding in this hilly city, so we decided to show Auntie Dot and Uncle Don two of our favorite places.  Baby Alex wore his special hat that we gave…

They were so very excited to participate in the annual Sleepover underneath the Christmas tree.  Even Brutus jumped in.

It is a tradition in our house, when we get home from church on Christmas Eve, to cook supper.  Some years the supper is pretty bleak, or pretty common.  This year we cooked steak and twice baked potatoes.  It was delicious.  After supper we read or do a Christmas devotion…

We had one of the most fun Christmas holidays ever, thanks very much to the visit from Auntie Dot, Uncle Don and Baby Alex.  It was really special to have Squirmy and Baby Alex celebrate their first Christmas together, and just plain fun to have Auntie Dot and Uncle Don…

Auntie Dot, Uncle Don, and my fabulous nephew Baby Alex called two days ago and said they could travel to our house for Christmas!  We were beyond thrilled!  They even brought the puppy along.  My house is a busy place this Christmas Eve:  Five kids, a cat, a dog, lots…

One of The Banana’s favorite things to do lately is to play choir.  Usually this involves lining up kid sized chairs in front of the fire place, and seating stuffed animals on the chairs.  Then The Banana crawls up on the step in front of the fireplace with a picture…