Super Rachel Zana's Spot

The more tired Mr. Sneaky Pants gets, the more he moves.  It's almost as if he knows that if he stops moving he will just fall directly asleep.  Last Friday afternoon at 2:00 I had my fill of jumping, twisting, sword thrashing, skipping, rolling, summersaulting, and hopping.  I suggested we…

We weren't able to visit our friends from up the hill this afternoon (we rescheduled our play date for Friday afternoon).  To distract Mr. Sneaky Pants from the fact that we weren't going to play with our buddies, he and I discussed the "river" in the street that was running…

I'm so in trouble.  Yesterday morning, I went into the girl room to wake up Sarah for school.  She groggily asked me if I would pick out her clothes because she had forgotten to lay them out the night before.  Her extremely indecisive nature leads her to try on multiple…

I try to call my mother each week so that she doesn't forget that I am her favorite daughter. (I also happen to be her only daughter.)   I'm not sure whether she's happy that I call her every week or not.  But I do.  And I make her talk…

Last Friday I was inspired by this post on Shutter Sisters.  It's hard not to get stuck in a picture taking rut during the month of February and the early part of March.  We are stuck inside most days, and we have been for weeks and weeks, and really, a person…

It was an early release day from school.  The kidlets spent their spare hours this afternoon pretending they were at a beach.  This involved wearing appropriate beach attire, pretending to jump into the waves, thrashing about like they were swimming, and sunbathing in the late afternoon sun that crept through…

Dr. Peds:  Hey, buddy.  How's it going? Mr. Sneaky Pants:  I'm STARVING!  I am so hungry.   Dr. Peds:  Didn't you just have a snack? Mr. Sneaky Pants:  That was HOURS ago. Dr. Peds:  Isn't it almost time for supper? Mr. Sneaky Pants:  Well, yeah, but I only had ONE…

Today was "Dress Up like Your Favorite Character from a Book Day" at Sarah's school, the grand finale to Reading Month.  Sarah choose to dress up like Fanny, from Hollie Hobbie's book, which we really love around this house.  She came up with the costume herself:  black leggings, a tutu,…

This morning I got up, made breakfast, and sent Sarah on her way to school.  While Mr. Sneaky Pants was playing on the computer (he's been very into Starfall this week) and The Banana was observing him, I made the mistake of crawling back into bed with my book.  I was halfway…

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches have become the favorite food of Mr. Sneaky Pants.  He asks for them for breakfast, supper, and lunch EVERY day.  Of course, I don't actually let him eat peanut butter sandwiches for every meal and snack, but we do have them a couple of times…