Super Rachel Zana's Spot

We spent the middle of our day today at the Art Institute.  This is the second time we’ve been to Family Day there, and I must say, both times have been spectacular fun.  Today we made prints, sculpted with clay, created yarn collages and mosaics, folded paper flowers, made masks,…

We hadn’t been to the secret creek for a long time.  Last Wednesday morning Squirmy and I went for a little walk there while the big kidlets were off to school, and I decided to try to bring the others to play there in the afternoon before Wednesday evening church…

It’s beautiful EVERYWHERE you look this week.  I love it!  Every day I’ve been trying to get out in the neighborhood just a little bit to enjoy the amazing trees and foilage.  All the hillsides are radiating, and there are some amazing views of the deep blue lake sparkling down…

I was holding a squirmy Squirmy, and The Banana was sitting behind me on my office chair while I took care of some quick things on my computer this morning.  It was a wiggly affair, and I was having trouble concentrating on anything.  The Banana stroked my hair and said,…

When we first moved into our house, I noticed some sticks on the windows in my bedroom.  The sticks weren’t attached to anything, but I thought they looked like vine branches, and I felt disappointed that the previous owners probably had torn down vine from the brick exterior of our…

Autumn.  I love it. I’ve always liked it.  I used to love how the prairie grasses would turn rich colors in the pasture when there was enough rain in the fall, and how the shelter belts and trees around a lake would turn yellow in the late afternoon sun.  The…

I’m hopelessly behind on blogging!  The last soccer game was actually a whole week ago.  It was a very chilly evening, with a damp wind, so everyone was decked out in their long sleeves, and the fans were wearing lots of layers.  There were some amazing, crazy goals scored.  The…

On Saturday we drove up the North Shore to see the beautiful leaves.  On the way, Dr. Peds wanted to stop at Silver Creek Cliff (I think that’s what it’s called) to walk the asphalt trail where the original road had been.  It was a beautiful little walk with a…

Dr. Peds has been building his own light sabers in the basement.  All sorts of boxes arrive at the doorstep each week with light saber parts that he uses to make  small electronic creations down there.  The light sabers are sleek and beautiful.  The kidlets are big light saber fans.…

My piano studio is back up and running.  Hooray!  I’ve missed my students so very much, and missed wearing my teaching brain.  At the same time, I’ve been so grateful that I had the gift of having the whole summer off to spend with the kidlets and Baby Squirmy, and…