Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Never have I ever played the tuba.  It’s such an interesting instrument, but I’m not sure its an instrument I will ever sit down to actually learn to play.  I appreciate tuba players very much, though. Never have I ever held a snake. Nor do I want to.  Snakes terrify…

Saturday afternoon we decided there was a great deal of energy in our house.  The weather was nice.  We called the neighbors up the hill.  They had a lot of energy in their house too, so we decided a forced march through the woods was in order.  Forced marches are…

I pretty much just love this image:  light snow, my firstborn son with an unzipped winter coat and rosy cheeks right before he saw me and stuck out his tongue.  I’m always getting him to do things for me, “But you’re my firstborn son!  The strong boy I’ve always needed!”…

We are loving the transformation each day as these bulbs reach for the light.  It’s amazing how fast the bulbs change.  

Two of my kidlets now have email addresses. Every once in awhile they send me messages, and every time I get a message I’m shocked again (can they really be old enough to have their own email?) and thrilled because they’ve written me a message.  Written messages are my love language.  Email is…

We were seated at the supper table.  YaYa noticed that Mr. SP was wearing a wristwatch that belonged to The Banana.  It was obviously The Banana’s watch because it was white with a large swath of pink.   YaYa:  Why are you wearing your little sister’s watch? Mr. SP:  I…

Perhaps you recall that a few months ago Mr. Trouble on Feet declared himself a vegetarian, like his big sister The Banana.  For weeks on end he vigorously  stuck to being “a tarian who eats meat on church days and AWANA days.”  He really didn’t eat meat except for Sundays…

My good friend gave me a kit to force paperwhite bulbs for my birthday.  I’ve wanted to try doing this for a long time, but never managed to acquire bulbs and actually do it.  I was pretty excited about this gift!  Best of all, the bulbs sit on a bed…

So, I love the cello.  I’ve always loved the cello.  I can remember being a preschooler and seeing someone play a cello on Sesame Street, and then going to my Grandma Jan’s house and playing with my great-grandfather’s guitar.  Since I was so small, it made a perfect make-believe cello.…

Not only did our neighbors up the hill host an amazing New Years Eve Party, but they also called us the next morning to see if we’d like to come over for lunch.  We brought bacon potato knefla soup.  They cooked mussels.  Our neighbors half way down the street brought…