Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Do you perhaps sense a bit of mischief in this little grin?  I think I may be in for an interesting ride with this small young one.  Rolling over  is his newest trick.  He thinks he’s quite the little guy.  He flips over and then grins at me.  Mmmmmhum.  Quite…

Homework.  It’s a daily occurrence around here.  Not always pleasant.  Not always exciting.  Highly regulated.  Sometimes I wish it were not so highly regulated so that teachers were free to make it more exciting and interesting.  Sometimes it’s hard to have a good attitude about homework, even for this homework-loving…

Our weekend was filled with A quick trip just a bit up the North Shore to look at some Amish-made bookshelves.  We are seriously out of bookshelf space, and I’m looking into some options.  I fell quickly in love with the Amish furniture store and all of its gorgeous solid…

Last Saturday Dr. Peds made pancakes for breakfast, which really took place around the time of brunch.  The kidlets love pancakes, with goopy, sticky syrup.  The Banana helped in the kitchen and requested “plain puffy pancakes.”  Our plain puffy pancakes are whole wheat buttermilk pancakes.  Our flat  pancakes are Swedish…

I was really quite smitten with my little guy in his costume.  In fact, I found him irresistible.  I couldn’t stop squeezing him.  He was a wiggly, grinning caterpillar, and there quite possibly might not have been anything cuter than when he fell asleep in his costume crunched up in…

Yay!  The computer is back!  AND everything was rescued.  I’m a happy, happy Mama.  Here are some big kid costumes.  Mr. Sneaky Pants was a clone trooper. He borrowed the costume from a neighbor, but the helmet is a find from the thrift store sent to us from Auntie Dot.…

My internet is back!  (And the phone is working!)  My computer, however, is sadly still stuck in the computer hospital.  I’m hoping they call with some information about what is wrong with it and how they can fix it tomorrow.  It is sorely missed, and I’m really hoping that it…

I’m sitting in a coffee shop. I never take my work to a coffee shop. However, drastic measures are necessary, so I’ve just eaten a Danish roll, and Squirmy and I are in a coffee shop. The storm somehow blew something around, and we’ve lost the connection for internet AND…

I had a horrible night’s sleep last night because of a number of factors, and due to my cold, I lost my voice.  The two worked together to cause me to be a viciously grumpy (yet not too loud) person today.  This evening, however, the whole family bundled up in…

It was way, way too dark to be taking pictures, but last night after we dropped Ya Ya off at a friend’s house for a sleepover, the three youngest kidlets and I walked quickly to the neighborhood park right after sunset.  Squirmy was in a happy, talkative mood, and I…