Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Between the three of them, our adventures to the park involve one person swooping down the slide, squealing with laughter, one person climbing up to the slide, and one final person running from the bottom of the slide to the ascent.  They rotate through this routine over, and over and…

They really do well together.  Although Sarah fights with Mr. Sneaky Pants, and Mr. Sneaky Pants fights with The Banana, the biggest and littlest ones of the bunch work fairly well together.  That doesn't mean that there is frustration when The Banana knocks down Sarah's block creations, or that The…

On Friday morning, the weather was beautiful!  After sending Sarah off to school on the bus, The Banana, Mr. Sneaky Pants and I decided it would be a good morning for a little preschool-sized hike.  We drove to the nature park nearby, and hiked up to rock knob, one of…

My children seem to think my hammock is as comfortable as I do.  This means I don't get to use it as much.  They see me coming out the back door and they run to the hammock before I get there.  

We were so excited to have Gramma Kathy stay with us for four entire days last weekend.  We kept her extremely busy, dragging her along to show off all of our favorite places:  the rocky beach, the sand beach, enormous boats swooshing through the canal, the farmer's market, the bread…

Mr. Sneaky Pants has been waiting MONTHS for preschool to start.  Last April we visited his preschool while they were having an open house, and he has been desperate for fall to arrive ever since.  I was more than apprehensive about whether or not he'd be ready for preschool, but…

Happy Birthday to The Banana!  We've had a marathon two-day celebration for our stout little tyke's second birthday.  Last night we were fortunate to be able throw the main birthday party on the eve of The Banana's actual birthday, and we were able to celebrate with Grandma Kathy, who was…

To celebrate the start of first grade, Grandma Robbie sent Sarah some special money to go shopping for a new outfit.  The only thing she asked in return was that I take a picture of the first grader in her new clothes.  Sarah had her heart set on this stripey…

Mr. Sneaky Pants was happily working on an art project yesterday morning while his big sister was at school.  I asked if he wanted me to take a photograph of his masterpiece and put it on my blog so that some of his grandmas could see it on the computer.…

We've been up at the crack of dawn getting ready for school the last two days.  Sarah's jumped out of bed before her alarm clock both days, nearly giddy with excitement about getting to school.  She likes her teacher.  The bus rides are going well.  She met a new friend…