Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Casualty of a spill on the bicycle, the leggings met the sidewalk with a violent first impression.

This week it seems weird not to teach music class three different mornings.  The kidlets and I have been missing the grandmas and the other kids and moms a lot.  It is nice to have more relaxed mornings sometimes, though. In addition to his fascination with airplanes, Mr. Trouble on…

I’m so glad that we have a park within walking distance of our house.  When we first moved in, the park had hardly any playground equipment in it, and the next year they removed that equipment and we had NO playground for several years, until the neighborhood raised enough money…

My mom brought Easter eggs with her, and unlike chintzy me, who fills the eggs with coupons or pennies or something like that, she filled them with candy.  I forget every year just how much my kidlets love a good Easter egg hunt, even if there is NOTHING in the…

My mom came Saturday afternoon and stayed two nights.  She brought with her a freezer full of meat and my honey rations for the year.  The beekeepers in my hometown make the most amazing honey that has ever existed and she always procures some for me so that I can…

He might not talk much, but he’s always paying attention, and he has some very effective ways to get his point across.  It has been fun having Mr. Trouble on Feet with me at music class for the past two months.  Today was our last class until fall, and he…

These days Mr. Trouble on Feet relishes being outside.  Nearly every waking hour of the day he is asking to go outside, signing “boots” and “coat” and pointing out the window in a most dramatic fashion.  In addition to swinging and playing with the chalk and jumping in any available…

We aren’t  sports fans around here.  We just aren’t.  By nature of just being our children, the kidlets have had very, very limited exposure to baseball.  In fact, if they’ve had any exposure to baseball, it probably came in gym class at school.  I looked out the window on Saturday…

The chalkboard has returned to it’s prominent spot on the back deck.  I love looking out the window or walking up to the back door and seeing colorful messages and all sorts of pictures covering it.  Mr. Trouble on Feet had the best time making marks with the chalk and…

She’s persuasive, that girl of mine.  When she has an idea, she usually has a plan as to how to make the idea happen.  For example, tonight she’d already eaten supper.  When I got done teaching I reheated the leftover supper my kidlets hadn’t consumed.  There was not a lot…