Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Dr. Peds is off of work for a few days.  He's a bit stir crazy.  On Friday he stayed home the whole day.  This is a rare event for him, and not something he generally enjoys, but I had an appointment, music class to teach, and some errands to run.…

Mr. Sneaky Pants and The Banana LOVE talking on the telephone.   The latest fad around our house is using all three cordless receivers at once when Dr. Peds is talking to someone in the family.  Today they were calling Auntie Dot to see how new Baby Cousin Alex is…

Although I cannot locate the tape dispenser, the clear sticky stuff does appear at the most unexpected times.  When the scotch tape gets scarce, Mr. SP and The Banana move on to their sister's stash of colored duct tape.  The other day they made duct tape crowns for their heads.…

February is here, with all of its bundling up each and every time it is necessary to leave the house.  It's not that we haven't been bundling for months, but February is most certainly the point at which I become tired of the very lengthy process, made even more lengthy…

This is Tiger.  Many years ago Ya Ya and Mr. Sneaky Pants had an argument about who got to play with Tiger (Actually I think Tiger is a meerkat, but that point was lost on toddlers).  Ya Ya gave in, and Tiger has not left the possession of Mr. Sneaky…

I was snuggling in my bed with a good book.  The Banana joined me after waking up from her nap.  She was dressed in stripey tights, a purple fuzzy leotard, a tutu, and a considerable amount of plastic jewelry.   "Mama, why don't YOU have any leotards and tutus and…

 I haven't mentioned it here, I don't think, but we are expecting Kidlet 4 in July.  The Banana is very, very excited about becoming a big sister.  Mr. SP is set on wanting a little brother, but The Banana goes back and forth between whether she'd like the baby to be…

I'm just here to tell you that he spends two and a half hours minimum cleaning his room every night.  EVERY night.  It's a complete disaster every night.  I have no idea how he even manages to make such a mess.  He gets so distracted when it's time to clean…

Our sidewalks have been extremely icy since Christmas.  It's safer to walk on the narrow, (still icy) streets than it is to even attempt the sidewalks, with their solid coating of ice concealed and polished by just a tiny dusting of snow.  It makes outside activity difficult, unless, of course…

  I've always avoided statements like "Children are the future" and "The children of today hold the answers tomorrow's greatest questions."  Really, they just seem a sappy statement of the obvious, kind of a nauseating, idealistic declaration. However, over the weekend, those exact little sentences popped into my mind.  The…