Super Rachel Zana's Spot

We were walking on the sidewalk, heading uphill toward our neighbor's house to water some houseplants.  Mr. Sneaky Pants was galloping along ahead of us on his fast and sturdy imaginary steed worthy of a knight.   "Mama, Mama!  Skip with me!" said my buoyant companion next to me.  She…

The Banana had been waiting all week for our trip to Papa Richard's cabin.  She knew we were going to be celebrating Auntie Dot's birthday, and each day, several times a day she asked when we were leaving.  Would Auntie Dot share her birthday cake?  Would there be candles?  Would…

The second game of the soccer season went fantastically well.  When I heard the forecast temperature of 88 degrees, I was prepared for the worst.  We gathered up every water bottle in the house and filled it up.  I even told Mr. Sneaky Pants that if he did a great…

I'm taking this moment to document the commencement of the "I-have-my-own-ideas-about-my-hair" phase.  Ya Ya can't quite wrap the pony tail holder around her hair yet, but she gathers it all up herself and then gives me specific, detailed (and grumpy) instructions about how to wrap the elastic band around the…

We were walking in the parking lot to get up to the grocery store entrance. Me:  Hold my hand, Sweetie Pea. The Banana:  Mama, why you call me Sweetie Pea? Me:  Cause I love you lots. A long moment of silence. The Banana:  Ok, Mama.  You can call me Sweetie…

My father-in-law loves to be healthy.  He's always trying new healthy experiments.  It amazes me he doesn't run out of things to try.  One of his latest things is making some interesting "mixtures."  They are kind of like a smoothie, in the fact that they have a lot of healthy…

Over the weekend we had lots of family and some friends around.  Dr. Peds invited some of his fishermen relatives and friends to embark on a charter fishing trip on Lake Superior.  The weather was terrible, and nearly all of them ended up very, very seasick, but it was still…

Mr. Sneaky Pants was dressed in his soccer uniform right after lunch, even though his first game of the season didn't start until 5:30 p.m.  There was a great deal of anticipation involved.  Every fifteen minutes, all afternoon he was right next to me, asking if it was time for…

Looking at my muffin as I'm about to bite in this morning, he says, "Can't you simply share that muffin, Mama?"  

She inherited her front teeth from me.  These new front teeth are exactly, EXACTLY like my front teeth, with the exception that my front teeth actually sprang out to each side at about a 45 degree angle.  They were sooooo super crooked and I had such a terrible overbite (I…