When we first moved into our house, I noticed some sticks on the windows in my bedroom.  The sticks weren’t attached to anything, but I thought they looked like vine branches, and I felt disappointed that the previous owners probably had torn down vine from the brick exterior of our…

Autumn.  I love it. I’ve always liked it.  I used to love how the prairie grasses would turn rich colors in the pasture when there was enough rain in the fall, and how the shelter belts and trees around a lake would turn yellow in the late afternoon sun.  The…

I’m hopelessly behind on blogging!  The last soccer game was actually a whole week ago.  It was a very chilly evening, with a damp wind, so everyone was decked out in their long sleeves, and the fans were wearing lots of layers.  There were some amazing, crazy goals scored.  The…

On Saturday we drove up the North Shore to see the beautiful leaves.  On the way, Dr. Peds wanted to stop at Silver Creek Cliff (I think that’s what it’s called) to walk the asphalt trail where the original road had been.  It was a beautiful little walk with a…

Dr. Peds has been building his own light sabers in the basement.  All sorts of boxes arrive at the doorstep each week with light saber parts that he uses to make  small electronic creations down there.  The light sabers are sleek and beautiful.  The kidlets are big light saber fans.…

My piano studio is back up and running.  Hooray!  I’ve missed my students so very much, and missed wearing my teaching brain.  At the same time, I’ve been so grateful that I had the gift of having the whole summer off to spend with the kidlets and Baby Squirmy, and…

Our neighborhood raised money to install a playground in our park this summer, and we have been appreciating our newfound ability to walk to the park and have fun playing.  The park has always been a wonderful little park on a grassy square that rolls downhill, with a view of…

While he is a marathon sleeper at night, he’s the worst napper I’ve ever seen.  He’s still spitty, oh so spitty. He hangs around with soggy clothes next to a soggy Mama most of the time (even though we change clothes five times a day at least!)  He coos just…

We were incredibly blessed that our good friends from residency in Wisconsin who now live in Montana could come and visit us in the middle of the week.  They were in Minnesota for a wedding, and were able to make time to come up and spend the night on Wednesday…

Birthday breakfast in the bathtub comes oh so early when your big brother and big sister need to catch the bus for school.  The Banana was tired, so tired she could hardly totter into the bathroom, and she just wasn’t up for the idea of crawling into the tub, so…