This kidlet had a huge stash of gift cards to use at Barnes and Nobles from his birthday and Christmas, and I’m not sure what else.  He has been asking and asking for a special trip to the bookstore, just me and him, and unfortunately, I was about 100 days…

The temperature has been hovering around 34 degrees for the last week or so (a fine temperature), and this is how Mr. Trouble on Feet has been dressing:  shorts  and a T-shirt, soccer cleats, stretchy finger mittens, his big brother’s Ninja face mask, the button pin from Grandma Kathy that…

She’s always ready to pose for my camera, this niece of mine.  It makes my heart pretty joyful.  The only thing she asks in return is to take a look at the pictures on the LCD screen on the back of the camera.   Since Grandma Kathy is known around…

They are long overdue to be posted, these pictures that were taken during the few hours we spent in Valley City last month, dropping our kids off with Grandma Kathy before heading out on our traveling adventures. These two kidlets totally crack me up, all the time.  They get funnier…

These days, with a big smile on his face and a note of pride in his voice, he tells people, “Did you know I’m the second nicest boy at preschool?”

YaYa worked super duper hard on her history day project.  All the seventh graders at her school do a history day project.  They can write a research paper, create a display exhibit about their topic, write and perform a performance, design a website, or make a documentary.  Then they create…

Mr. Sneaky Pants started trumpet lessons about a month ago, but somehow between our traveling and the general state of chaos here most days, I just managed to photograph his practice time this week.  It’s amazing how much this instrument sounds more like a trumpet now than it did last…

Mr. Trouble on Feet has noticed that things die.  Our neighbor’s cat died.  His great grandparents have died.  With this realization come a lot of questions and conversations about when people die and why people die and what happens when people die.  We’ve talked a lot about what the Bible…

My china cabinet, which came built into a corner in my dining room when we bought our house, is not only filled with sentimental antique relics from grandparents, great grandparents and great grandparents, but also a collection of handmade artifacts like this spooky candy dish, made by Mr. SP at…