Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Mr. SP  spent the better part of last week trying to convince The Banana that they keep sharks in the deep end of the UMD swimming pool when they aren’t having swimming lessons.  He told her they just net the sharks and store them somewhere else during swimming lessons, but…

Last summer we had the sewer line to our house replaced.  Over the fall, winter and spring, part of the yard that was dug up and refilled with dirt sank down as the earth settled again, so Dr. Peds has been working out some plans to fill things in again…

That slobbery, slimy extra long tongue? It’s still his tactical advantage.

Mr. Sneaky Pants and The Banana take their goggles to swimming lessons every day.  Mr. TOF likes to feel included, so YaYa located this old pair of half broken blue goggles.  They were a hit.  Not only are goggles fun, but these happen to be blue, which is Mr. TOF’s…

  Today Mr. Sneaky Pants said to me apologetically, “Sometimes you just have to be the Stubborn Mom, don’t you?”  This was in regard to his younger brothers small tantrum about needing to eat his peas prior to a second helping of applesauce. The other day we were eating lunch…

The Banana and Mr. Sneaky Pants are enrolled in swimming lessons this month at the university.  We’ve done swimming lessons there for years and years.  I think they do a great job, and it’s the closest place to my house that offers swimming lesosns, so that’s where my loyalty stays!…

This image is actually from a few weeks ago now, and sadly even though my goal is to get to the beach as often as I can on Sunday nights, we haven’t been back the past two Sunday nights  because of our trip to Voyageurs and the intermittent thunderstorms that…

Could there be too many pictures of this girl with missing front teeth?  I think not.  Definitely not.  I’m greatly enjoying my toothless wonder.  Side note:  some foods really are hard to eat without front teeth, aren’t they?

Outhouses, when they are available,  are just a part of exploring the woods.  During our last moments on American soil before careening into Canada on the boat for our trip into Voyageurs, Dr. Peds and YaYa took Mr. TOF over to an outhouse to take care of some business.  It…