Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Comfy green coat . . . check. Fuzzy football pajama pants in the middle of the afternoon . . . check Super fast galoshes . . . check Big sister’s discarded knee pads . . . check Space alien rocketship bike helmet . . . check (but you can’t see…

Sarah went shopping today with Dr. Peds because now that she’s six, she’s finally outgrown the toddler bike helmet I purchased for her when she was 9 months old. (The child has inherited my small, yet deliciously dense head). While they were out, she mentioned to him that there is…

Admittedly, I was really quite frustrated when I discovered this art project, completed by Mr. Sneaky Pants in all of his sneaky glory. In fact, I rather lost my temper for a short time. Really, I left the house for maybe 30 seconds to take a plastic milk jug to…

Mr. Sneaky Pants rediscovered Sarah’s old Lion Halloween costume from a few years ago, and it has become THE sought out attire. He likes the idea of having warm, fuzzy fur. Not to be outdone, of course, after fighting valiantly to wear the much too-small costume herself, Sarah finally gave…

When we first began considering moving to the city we live in, I was greatly comforted by the fact that if I got to the point where I was feeling clausterphobic amid all the trees in the amply forested land that I would be able to see clearly to the…

I zipped around the corner from the dining room into the foyer today, racing around to gather up everyone and their necessary belongings for a trip to the ice cream store and the zoo this afternoon. As I rounded the corner, there was my little guy hanging on the bottom…

Heard from the main floor as I was checking email upstairs: “Mama! Come quick! There’s a green lizard under the stove!” Luckily I had the foresight to realize instantly that this must be the supersized plastic gecko from the zoo animal box. Someone had whimsically flung him to the far…

It was 39 degrees, sunny, with no wind today at the beach. This spring-loving kindergartener was in her element, thrilled to be able to scramble up and down giant sized boulders with her galoshes. As for the cumbersome winter coat? It was thrown aside moments after arrival in favor of…

I came upstairs and found this last night after I was done teaching piano lessons. Obviously extracting the entire contents of his pajama drawer and switching footed jammies in the nosiest possible way causes sleep to quickly overcome a small, growing guy.

The Kindergarten artist-in-residence has been busy!  She's been producing amazingly detailed and imaginative drawings that make my heart swoon.  Ever since her infancy I have been hoping that I would have a childhood artist on my hands, and to facilitate that, I've been very conscious of providing a sure supply…