Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Mr. Sneaky Pants was beyond excited to find a ring in his valentine bag from preschool.  Better yet, it was an edible ring, made mostly of sugar.  Rings are a very big deal around here because they are used as pirate treasure.  There tends to be a lot of quarreling…

The Kidlets haven’t ever asked for commercialized Valentines, so we make them ourselves, which means that throughout  the past week my office has been a very busy Valentine factory.  Ya Ya made her valentines for school.  Mr. SP painted some hearts with string dipped in red and purple paint to…

At half past three I told my husband I should probably start making soup for supper.  He rolled his eyes at my lack of enthusiasm, and then we stared at the youngest kidlets who were running and sliding and running and sliding on the hardwood floor, energy in terrific abundance.…

He discovered Dr. Ped’s ipod touch.  Tapping away happily, his contentment grew when Brutus climbed up for a big snuggle.

Hic.   Hic.  Hic.  Hic.  “Mama, I think I’ve got the pic-a-hucks.”

Dr. Peds arrived at the rocky beach late, from his shopping expedition.  I quickly forgave him when I realized he had brought me a warm vanilla milk drink.  However, he was not quite properly dressed for an East wind off Lake Superior, and so he borrowed The Banana's scarf to…

To burn off some pent up energy on Saturday afternoon, we went to the rocky beach with our friends from up the street.  The kids decided they were visiting Iceland, and set up a little shop in a nest of rocks where they loudly sold icicles to "customers."  Mr. Sneaky…

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.…