• Concerning Change and Transitions

    This is the face you get when you are talking with your husband and discussing that in the next two years or so you might need to think about getting a new minivan.  Mr. Sneaky Pants HATES change and transitions.  He hates getting new clothes.  He hate growing out of…

  • A Few Frames from the Musical Drama at Church

    In the children’s choir play on Wednesday, YaYa was a very convincing sunglasses salesperson, and Mr. Sneaky Pants was a bully who pushed down an elderly man carrying a sack of groceries and then made a dramatic exit running down the aisle of the church only to be caught by…

  • Logic and Reasoning

    On Wednesday the kids choir at our church presented their spring play/musical.  YaYa and Mr. Sneaky Pants were involved.  Before leaving the house to pick up YaYa from art club and then dropping both Mr. SP and YaYa off at the church for one last practice before the presentation, I…

  • Tough to Convince

      Last Thursday afternoon I was in the midst of a piano lesson with one of my youngest students, a wide-eyed, very energetic  kindergarten boy who has a passion for all things boy.  He was just starting a new set of books at his lesson, and he was very proud…

  • Eating Machine

    I cannot even imagine my grocery bill when this bottomless pit becomes a teenager.  You wouldn’t even believe how much food this child consumes (and how quickly it disappears).  He’ll eat a entire bunch of bananas in a day, all by himself.  He’ll eat three peanut butter sandwiches at a…

  • Daddy’s Home

    He’s the king of exuberant greetings, which pretty much makes everyone happy.  He nearly attacks The Banana with love each day we pick her up from preschool.  He gives me squeezey hugs when I’m done teaching lessons.  He’s always excited to see big brother “Oah” and YaYa is definitely one…

  • Pirate Boy

    Mr. Trouble on Feet has been greatly entertained by this wooden pirate mask Grandma Kathy sent his big brother.  He thinks he’s pretty hot stuff in the costume world.

  • Comfort

    He loves having his blankie nearby so that when he feels like it he can snuggle a corner and chew on his thumb for a quick second.  It makes me want to scoop him up every time.

  • Walking Back from the Library

    I love that it is never a struggle to get my children to the library.  If you say “library” they are pretty much out the door with their shoes on waiting for me to gather up the library bag.   I love how my silent readers spend enormous quantities of…

  • Another Adventure

    Like everyone else at our address, the cat has a larger than life personality.  Really, he rules the roost.  He is persistent and usually gets what he wants in the end.  He’s definitely a strong-willed character and his antics fit right in with everyone else.  To his credit, he is…