Super Rachel Zana's Spot

We were so excited, overjoyed actually, to have Grandma Kathy come and visit for the weekend.  Although it was a quicker trip than we would have liked (various kidlets tried multiple times to tricking her into staying an extra day)  the weekend was jam packed with lots and lots of…

I made a pan of brownies to take to church.  I had help.  After it was in the oven, I mentioned to The Banana and Mr. Sneaky Pants that they could lick the bowls.  A frenzy of joyful tongue slurping ensued.  They could barely contain their excitement.  Mr. Sneaky Pants…

The weather today:  light snow, strong frigid winds and a temperature in the lower 20’s The Banana:  Mama, Today is a GREAT day!  There are no mosquitos at ALL!  It’s way too cold for them.

Someone really likes to ride in the stroller.  He lounges back, puts his feet up and enjoys the show.  I think he likes making all the big kidlets jealous that he gets to ride while they all get to walk.  The trip to the library is a breeze for him.…

Most springs, our next door neighbor taps the trees in his yard along with the tree between our houses on the boulevard, collecting sap to boil down into maple syrup.  The kidlets like checking on the progress of the dripping sap in the jugs hanging from the trees.

While I was teaching on Thursday, one of our babysitters helped the kidlets make a snow house on the deck.  He shoveled snow up in a heap, and then they carved out an interior cove big enough to fit a lawn chair!  They made windows, and even a fireplace inside.…

Despite the fact that I was up making green pancakes at an early hour and that everyone did have the opportunity to eat Irish soda bread, Kidlets kept asking me all day, “Why are we not REALLY celebrating this holiday.”  They missed the blasting celtic music that usually wakes them…

Monday afternoons are typically when we travel down to our branch library to pick up all of our items on hold and check out new books.  I was so excited that the ice was melted off the streets and the temperature was warm enough for us to load up the…

He’s a busy boy these days, scooting and almost crawling across the floor to get to whatever looks interesting.  We are loving those sweet two bottom teeth that poked up in tandem a few weeks ago.  The big kidlets have gotten very good at picking him up and moving him…

We’ve been having a lot of fun with the puzzle/game Equilibrio.  When you open the box for this activity, you find a collection of small geometric blocks, and a large spiral bound notebook with pictures of all sorts of towers to build, arranged in sequential order from easiest to hardest.…