Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Having lots of little people around means that there are bound to be messes, particularly when two of those little people are very, very busy toddling boys.  There isn’t a picture of all the things spilled at the table, or the dust pans filled with food from under the table…

We predicted that Alex would have fun at the aquarium, and it ended up being a great morning outing the day after Christmas.  All the kids bounced around the different exhibits.  We had a great time feeding the fish, which is not something we often do when we visit.  YaYa…

The weather has been ridiculously warm, and every little bit of snow we seem to get melts away.  However, the day before Christmas Eve, we received a light dusting of snow, just enough to make things look white and Christmas-like.  This was a huge blessing, because we actually thought we…

This is what he does when his sister is crying too loudly!

Baby Katherine came with other people from her family, but we’ll hear about that in another post.  Let me just say that I was incredibly smitten with my extremely cuddly new niece!  She barely cried.  She hardly ever spit up.  She loved being rocked and held and just snuggled in…

He just started wanting to take his blanket with him when I get him out of his crib after nap.  Of course, two blankets are always better than one.

They were frosting the cookies and adorning them with sprinkles. The Banana:  Can we eat all these cookies? Me:  Nope.  We are giving them to the neighbors. The Banana and Mr. SP:  WHAT!  We don’t get to eat ANY!?!  You are giving ALL of them away? Me:  Well, you can…

Every morning at a quarter to eleven Mr. Trouble on Feet gets sleepy.  Very sleepy.  He looks for his blanket.  He takes out his thumb.  He looks at me like I should put him in his crib now.  But of course, a quarter to eleven is never a good time…

There is currently a huge obsession with the game Go Fish! in our house, which came about largely because our old babysitter Sophie sent a special box of birthday presents our way.  It arrived a few weeks ago, and Go Fish! has provided hours and hours and hours of entertainment.…

I wondered how the holiday concert at school might work out for me this year.  There are many, many students at our school, and not so many places for parents to watch the concert, so the concert each year is performed three times:  8:30, 10:30 and 12:30.  Dr. Peds attended…