Super Rachel Zana's Spot

The luge track is back!  After an intense bout of late December rain last week and  then a small amount of snow, our sidewalk has been turned into a slippery little run down to the corner.  It never gets old, sliding down slopes in the winter.  I’m especially glad to…

We were so very excited to attend the Kid New Year Bash up at our neighbors’ house at the top of the hill last night.  It is always loads and loads of fun and excitement, better than any other New Years celebration as far as I’m concerned.  There are noise…

December was a very chaotic month around here. You may recall me previously mentioning that we missed getting our tree from the forest this year, and didn’t manage to get any tree at all for that matter for most of the month because the schedule was so hectic.  The Monday…

He loves chewing on his toes.  He can get out of his socks.  He can get out of his shoes.  He’ll do almost anything to get those toes up to his mouth.  Toes are almost better than thumbs, but not quite.

Two kidlets have completed their thank you notes.  One kidlet will be busy working on making and writing notes tomorrow.  The Banana had a lot of fun making H notes and using some special stickers she got for Christmas to decorate the front of her notes.  She does love the…

It was the perfect day for ice skating, and since winter weather is on its way for the next few days, I decided that if we were going to accomplish an outing to the ice rink, this would be the day.  After an early lunch, we bundled up.  I let…

YaYa remarked recently that one perk of having a birthday two days after Christmas was that she would never have to get up early and go to school on her birthday.  It’s true.  She will always have a birthday that is more relaxing than some of her siblings, because all…

It is a Christmas Day tradition to go sledding after lunch.  There is never a lack of great places to go sledding in this hilly city, so we decided to show Auntie Dot and Uncle Don two of our favorite places.  Baby Alex wore his special hat that we gave…

They were so very excited to participate in the annual Sleepover underneath the Christmas tree.  Even Brutus jumped in.

It is a tradition in our house, when we get home from church on Christmas Eve, to cook supper.  Some years the supper is pretty bleak, or pretty common.  This year we cooked steak and twice baked potatoes.  It was delicious.  After supper we read or do a Christmas devotion…