Super Rachel Zana's Spot

  I read about the game Tenzi on another blog (sorry, I forget which one).  The simplicity of the game, simply trying to be the first person to roll ten dice of the same number, and the speed of the game intrigued me.  I actually generally really dislike playing games…

The Banana has been out of her cast for about a week now, which is great news.  Now she has a fancy big boot that she wears to stabilize her foot, but the great thing about it is that she can take the boot off to shower and to sleep,…

It was chilly and windy.  We brought a snack and put up our hoods.  I promise Dr. Peds and Mr. SP were also present, but for some reason, my camera didn’t catch very much of them that evening.  I’m not sure what motivated the gazelle on the picnic table.  I…

Friday was Kids Summer Fun Day at church:  water balloons, bubble painting, crafting, and the consumption of huge amounts of pizza.  This crew came back with homemade silly putty.  There was no end to the silly!

Woo hoo!  Summer has started for us!  I used to be a summer-hating kid, but now that I’m a mom, I love it more and more every single year!  I have been waiting for the start of summer the entire school year, because our family schedule this last year was…

I like watermelon, I just don’t like cutting watermelon.  I don’t like cutting cantaloupe or honeydew either.  It just feels like a tedious, messy task.  My kids love watermelon, though, and when you add in a few neighbor kids, I can assure you that they can consume a couple of…

There’s nothing quite like the happiness of a kid squirting his parent.

We had so much fun with our neighbors last Sunday that we decided to all get together for another Sunday evening picnic.  Since we still had a girl in a cast, it was down to the rocky beach we went (sand and casts did not seem like a wise choice).…

As luck would have it, right after I wrote that post a few weeks ago about how we’ve had the same toaster for 17 glorious years, our toaster died.  Well, actually it almost caught on fire.  Someone put down a piece of toast, and unlike Mr. TOF, instead of running…