Super Rachel Zana's Spot

I don’t actually know how to play Smores:  The Card Game, but I can tell you that these four people laughed SO loudly while playing it!  I wanted to laugh just listening to them.  It seemed to be the perfect card game for a camping trip.  

We spent the middle part of last week camping at Temperance River State Park.  Way back in January we reserved  the same campsite we used last summer, because it’s pretty much the most perfect campsite ever. You look out of your tent and can see the lake.  You walk across…

The Banana and Mr. Sneaky Pants had already been swimming at  the beach for several hours with friends while Mr. TOF and I drove YaYa and two other kids to Bible Camp.  We got back and I threw some supper at the people who hadn’t had supper yet, while the…

He has decided to invent a prescription windshield for drivers who are visually challenged but need a break from their eyeglasses.

Normally I try really hard to make sure that all of the birthday festivities in our family happen on the exact birthday for each kidlet.  This year, however, Grandma Kathy was leaving on Sunday, Dr. Peds was leaving on Monday, and Mr. TOF’s actual birthday was on Tuesday.  Mr. TOF…

The Banana invited a friend from the neighborhood to come along, and we headed to the sandy beach last Sunday evening.  YaYa was at youth group and Dr. Peds was packing for a camping trip to the Boundary Waters.  Although it wasn’t windy in our neighborhood, a breeze was pushing…

Mr. TOF and I were at the beach, just the two of us.  He looked over at me. Mr. TOF:  Mom, what kind of job DID you have before you had kids. Me:  Well, I was a teacher at a school.  I taught kids to write better and read better,…

  We were sitting outside at our neighbor’s house, and it was time to clean up.  My sweet husband said, “I’ll help clean up.  It’s Sunday night.  You go to the beach.”  Mr. TOF was the only kid home, so I turned to my neighbor and asked it it would…

On the last day of soccer, Mr. Trouble on Feet’s two coaches decided to have a scrimmage between his team, maroon, and their partner team, blue.  Mr. TOF was so happy to play in a real soccer game!  He zipped around the field kicking, dribbling and scoring goals.  He was…