• Applesauce

    Tis the season for applesauce!  This year I made quite a lot of applesauce from the tiny apples on our crab apple tree.  Crab apple sauce is not for everyone.  In fact, most people in our family have rejected it at this point, but I love it!  It packs a…

  • Birth Order

    These middle kids might look sad, but they were really just goofing around.    I’m not sure WHAT they were doing when I was taking this picture.  They likely hatched some kind of crazy plan together in secret.  It’s a frequent occurrence.   They are always conspiring about one thing or…

  • Hot Air Balloons

    I had completely forgotten about the hot air balloon festival this year.  Dr. Peds was driving home from a conference in the Cities, and when he got home he mentioned that the balloons were actually all standing up!  I grabbed the only kid home at the time (everyone else was…

  • Portrait of a Squirrel

    Mr. Trouble on Feet and I were on a morning hike last Friday when we rounded the corner and saw this little guy chirping at us.  He was on a tree branch right next to the hiking path and didn’t really seem concerned that we were right there, other than…

  • Little Library

    While YaYa was at piano lessons we checked a few Little Free Libraries in her teacher’s neighborhood.  We love the design of this particular library, and found a couple of treasures inside.  

  • The Banana Celebrates 9 Years

    The Banana celebrated a birthday last Tuesday.  I began the day hours before sunrise because I had a few preparations to take care of, like cooking special food that was requested to go into the birthday girl’s lunch box, baking a birthday cake, wrapping some presents, and getting the table…

  • Preschool Starts!

    He has been waiting for the first day of preschool since the last day of preschool last spring.  It was tough having a week when everyone else went to elementary school, and there was no preschool.  (Although I really liked spending that week with him!) He loves every bit of…