Well, we celebrated a birthday at our house today. A big milestone. Banjo turned 8! I cannot believe that he's already 8 years old. Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday he was our little growling baby. And now he's blowing out 8 candles on one cupcake?! Our growling baby was born at 3 weeks early due to my own medical complications. Pregnancy induced hypertension had View Post
Our Banjo Piano Man
Disclosure: This posting contains affiliate links which means that I earn a percentage of the sale but all opinions are strictly my own. Isn't it great to have a talent? Playing an instrument is dandy. At least I think so. It gives us the ability to use parts of our brain that we normally do not. Just dandy thinking about that... I love the fact that my kids love music and I'm beyond thrilled View Post
Skin Cancer Selfie: Day 8
I know that I sounded so very elated in yesterday's skin cancer selfie. I truly was. The post-op appointment was everything that I could have hoped for. The surgeon was happy with the it's healing. But here I sit back at home and the worries of before start to seep back in. I'm analyzing the entire appointment. Was the surgeon happy with the way it looked or did he simply mean that the wound View Post
Learning to ride a bike is dandy
The time for learning to ride a bike had come for the oldest child. After all he turned 7 back in April. Don't most children learn before now? Like when they are 5? I really have no idea when children first master the riding of a bike. This is my first time being involved in this process and all I really did was offer words of support while I filmed the adventure. I had no idea how to teach View Post
KidKraft Train Table Review
When my kids discovered the KidKraft train table it was like Christmas morning around here. Only it wasn't really. It was May. So I guess that just proves that Christmas morning can be anytime. In this case it was Christmas in May. Since that morning the magic of the new train table has not died down. It has just continued. For once my children have not grown tired of a toy! It View Post
I’m late and a dollar short.
I'm late. I'm late. For announcing a very important date! Are you wondering why I'm late? But wait just a minute… As far as being a dollar short… I'm not like in debt or anything. I'm just always a dollar or so short when I have to turn funds in for my kid's field trip or or something. I mean seriously. Who really carries cash around anymore? Who? Not me. I'm a card carrying mama of the View Post
A dandelion is dandy but so is a St Louis tulip.
When we purchased our home back in 2009 it came with this really spacious yard. Honestly? It's the reason why we bought it. Sure the house needed work. Quite a bit of work actually. It came with an original master bathroom, partially original kitchen, loads of wood trim from the early 70's and just an overall sense of an era gone by. The master bathroom is just a shell of a bathroom really. View Post