Super Rachel Zana's Spot

First of all, I MADE this quilt.  Me.  I conquered my queasiness about fabric, and sewed away for five nights straight into the middle of the night.  My mother will be so impressed that  I even located and used the IRON to make this quilt. Second, nothing about this quilt…

Mr. Sneaky Pants has been dragged along to his big sister's swimming lessons his whole entire life.  It's never gone well.  Even as an infant, he was incredibly restless and squirmy the entire time we waited for Ya Ya to finish swimming.  To make matters worse, the pool area, no…

The last half an hour of waiting to be an official second grader were excruciating.  Ya Ya was up an hour earlier than she needed to be on Thursday, and dressed and finished with her breakfast in no time flat.  We read a few books.  She chatted with The Banana.…

Once there was an alligator, who ran free and wild in the jungles of the backyard. Until his sister caught up with him and chopped off his head.  That was traumatic, my friends.  Very traumatic.  And noisy.  

Stated completely out of the blue one afternoon in the living room:   "Mama, I just LOVE toothpaste!"  The toothpaste, my friends is pink.  The Banana loves pink.  She brushes at every opportunity that presents itself.  

The kidlets were greatly inspired by a trip to the toy store with Grandma when she was here visiting over the weekend.  Grandma treated them to magic fairy wands and pirate swords.  Ya Ya thought of the great idea of making a pirate headscarf out of a piece of random…

I'm standing next to the stove, stirring crabapple jam this afternoon.  The Banana bounces in from her play kitchen with a plate of wooden and plastic food in her hand (a cookie, peas, mashed potatoes, a hamburger, cheese, and a slice of bread).   "Mama!  I'm having a party!  Come…

One of the treats of my trip to North Dakota was that I happened to be there during the baby shower for my new nephew, Jack.  The shower was at a restaurant in Bismarck, and it was especially entertaining for me because not only did I get to see Baby…

For the first time ever, last Saturday when my parents were visiting, one of the kidlets, Mr. Sneaky Pants, to be exact, accidentally dropped his shoe in Lake Superior.  The tumble down happened off a large rock, that jutted into the water, and although the wind was calm and the…

I have so, so much to share, I barely know where to start.  After being home just a couple of quick days, we were excited to welcome Grandma Robbie and Grandpa Ron to Duluth for a visit, but before I even get to all of those exciting adventures, there is…