Super Rachel Zana's Spot

This fall I have kids in three different school buildings.  It means that kidlets leave the house at three different stages in the mornings, and arrive back home from school in three stages in the afternoon.  Actually the staggered effect is working great for me.  I’m up super early with…

The Banana:  I think we should plant an apple tree in the front yard where the big trees fell.  Then we wouldn’t have to buy apples anymore. Me:  I don’t think Dad would agree to that.  He doesn’t like apples on the ground.  It makes him frustrated. Mr. TOF:  I…

First of all, my apologies that blog posts have not been as frequent as usual the past couple of weeks.  School has started, and we are adjusting to that schedule.  Also, there are lots of things happening behind the scenes here which means I have been caught up in all…

The Banana’s birthday sometimes gets crunched.  It falls during the second week of school, which is always the week where everything gets crazy because homework starts and activities start, and my music students start, and no one has their “school routine” legs under them yet.  Last year her birthday was…

He was pretty excited when he got home from school and found out that I had saved this perfectly sized cardboard box for him.  He’s got big “making” plans that involve markers, scissors, glue and duct tape.

Mr. TOF had a terrific first week at kindergarten.  His stamina amazed me.  He bounced right out of bed with the sunrise all week, practiced piano before breakfast, and was super organized and responsible about his lunch box, backpack, homework folder.  He loves his teacher.  He loves his class.  He…

They all decided not to bring their swim suits since the weather was not chilly, but not warm, and there was a breeze.  But, of course, by the end of the night all four of them were soaking wet from head to toe because they had completely submerged themselves.  They…

He’s a kindergartener!  And he’s thrilled about it, along with his new green backpack and his lunch box and gym shoes.   YaYa ran out the door right as I was taking pictures before we headed down to the elementary bus stop and jumped in a couple of pictures.  They…

Right after we got married, before we had any kidlets, Dr. Peds and I used to go for walks together sometimes, and we’d pass houses where the entire yard would be littered with toys at all times of the day.  Plastic toys of all sorts would be randomly strewn about…