Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Just in case you didn't recognize it, this happens to be a pickup truck.  That's right, a pickup truck.  The table covered with the plaid blanket is the cab of the truck.  The baskets strewn about make up the walls of the pickup bed in the back of the truck.…

I was experimenting with some camera settings right before lunch today.  I had bribed Mr. Sneaky Pants. If he let me take 8 pictures of him, I agreed to retrieve the two swords that were on top of the refrigerator.  They were being stored there, because they have a nasty…

If I'm missing a bit over the next few days, it's because we are getting new windows in my office (which has three walls of windows).  I am so excited because the old windows were painted shut, and I can't wait to open all the windows in the summer.  So…

Mr. Sneaky Pants had fallen asleep in the car on the way home from returning our fill-in babysitter from piano lessons today.  The Banana was humming softly away in her carseat.  From the back of the van, Sarah was in a chatty mood, telling me all about school, and how…

I'm very excited to see my piano and voice students tomorrow and Thursday.  I have had a very refreshing break over the holidays, and I'm just itching to start teaching again!  I have spent some of my spare moments over the last few days transferring files from my digital recorder…

I normally don't care for New Year's at all.  It typically has been a dull, depressing holiday for me.  But the last two years, we have been honored to be invited to a Kid-Friendly New Years party hosted by our friends up the street.  They really know how to throw…

I snapped these pictures on Christmas Eve in the early afternoon, and then completely forgot about them for several days.  When I downloaded them onto the computer, they nearly made me gasp!  I love them so much!   The Banana has recently fallen in love with stickers.  She just loves…

A couple of weeks ago I was searching for something in the corner of my attic, and I came upon a box that I'd brought here from North Dakota and stuck way in the back behind a bunch of other stuff.  I opened it up, and inside was my collection…

I wish I could tell you that this young lady's birthday began with a perky mother happily preparing breakfast before the sun even thought about rising, but in fact, the day started at 5:30 a.m. when Sarah and the Banana climbed in bed with me, begging for me to cook…

Tinkertoys have been all the rage here this week.  This is The Banana, supermodel extraordinaire, showing off her sculpture that her big brother and sister assisted her in making.  She has titled it "Spin" because, of course, it spins.  I believe she put in the spinning spindles herself.