Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Mr. Sneaky Pants searches for “the little guy” in the laptop. Side note: “The Little Guy” is a dancing little thumbnail icon that appears when my husband runs his anti-virus software.

During nap today Sarah lined up our wooden people onto block risers to sing Christmas carols. Note the wooden conductor in front.

We zipped down the street and up the hill to do a little sledding with our friends who live at the top of the hill yesterday afternoon when Sarah got home from school. Our friends have a perfect preschool-sized hill in their yard, and glee was beheld by all as…

We had freezing rain last night, snow this morning, and more snow is on the way tonight, or so they say. Water was dripping off the roof of the house onto this bush outside our living room window this afternoon, so I had to hop into my snow boots and…

1. Last Wednesday we went caroling at a nursing home with a group of people from our church. It was a complete blast. Not only did we get to ride to the nursing home on a school bus (BIG news for Mr. Sneaky Pants), I was just overjoyed to be…

The Banana woke up from her nap and promptly snatched her favorite hat and thrust it toward me to put on her head. She wore it four hours until bedtime tonight. The girl loves fleece, I tell you.

It turns out that although I was feeling perfectly fine, I really had the flu, an ear infection, the chicken pox, a nasty case of the measles, a broken arm and strep throat. I found this out after an examination by Dr. Sneaky Pants and his trusty yet bizarre assistants,…

Last week we pulled out some beads from our bucket to make a garland for our Kids-Made-It Christmas Tree. Mr. Sneaky Pants was very excited about stringing beads, and he’s really very good at it. However, when he got seven beads on his string he decided he would much rather…

The Banana has been a Daddy’s girl from the onset. This makes him very happy, I think, because Mr. Sneaky Pants was a strongly attached Mama’s boy in his infancy and toddlerhood. I took this picture a few days ago on my birthday when we ventured out to a local…

The Banana was watching Sarah practice “Deck the Halls” on the piano yesterday. Every so often she’d tromp over and press the lowest key on the piano to help out, help that was not so very much appreciated.