He used the time I was taking to snap pictures of The Banana and Mr. Trouble on Feet to do a little reading, of course.  Whenever someone isn’t giving him a job to do, he has his nose in a book, my kind of guy. This year, costumes were easy…

After Grandma Kathy, Auntie Dot, Cousin Alex and Baby Katherine rolled out of the driveway Monday morning, a sad little Mr. Trouble on Feet came inside with me.  He was crying.  I set him down and walked over and unleashed the cat, who has to be tied up to the…

It was a frenzy of activity over the weekend!  Cousins!  Pumpkins!  Church!  There was a constant buzz inside the house as little feet ran this way and that way and up and down.  The cat did not know what to do, and it made him grumpy.  Cousin Alex kept saying,…

Auntie Dot, Grandma Kathy, Cousin Alex and Baby Katherine visited for the weekend, which meant that they got to participate in the carving chaos!  It was suggested by The Banana’s kindergarten teacher to spend some time counting pumpkin seeds over the weekend, so I decided we’d have a pumpkin seed…

We had so much fun wandering through the grounds of Glensheen Mansion again this year during the Spooktacular.  It’s such a fun place to go:  not too scary, and there is so much thought put into how all 950 pumpkins are displayed on the grounds of the mansion.  Each pumpkin…

It’s been a long time now, since Mr. Trouble on Feet chose this duck blanket to be his special comfort item.  My mom actually sewed the blanket for Mr. Sneaky Pants, and it’s been around the block because The Banana used it frequently too, although she preferred her “nice” blankies,…

The Banana is an enthusiastic kindergartener.  She loves her teacher.  She loves her homework.  She loves going to school.  But since I started teaching preschool music classes at the assisted living centers, she has been frustrated that she has had to miss out, saying often that it was her FAVORITE…

A few weeks ago my friend Siri and I realized that Minnesota and North Dakota had teachers convention at the same time this year, and although they got two days off from school and we only had one, we decided it might be quite fun to do something together and…

YaYa and I had a good time making birdseed cookies while Mr. Trouble on Feet was napping and The Banana and Mr. Sneaky Pants were building with Legos in the piano room, (we call the living room the piano room now, since the piano takes up a lot of it!  Also,…

These days I more often than not find myself in a state of survival, taking one task at a time and completing and not having a lot of spare time for things other than sleeping.  However, if I were suddenly gifted with a large quantity of spare time, I do…