Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Our backyard neighbors are building an enormous garage that has pretty much eaten up their entire backyard. The Banana is mesmerized by the pounding of the hammers.

Mr. Sneaky Pants and I filled the activity table with swirling wooden train track this morning. He spent the morning driving trains. I spent the morning extracting The Banana from the table. She is currently very into disasembly.

In the last ten days, The Banana has developed her very own opinion about things. One of those matters, is the simple fact that she enjoys wearing a coat. At all times. In particular, she enjoys this fuzzy red fleece dress coat. She wears it with pajamas. She wears it…

Because it would be absolutely no fun to light pumpkins with matches, or a small candle lighter, my husband uses a gigantic propane torch.

We went trick or treating up and down our street with some of our favorite friends from the neighborhood. There was boundless energy for the most part. It turns out we have a great street for trick or treating! Lots of other creatures were out and about on foot, and…

It was a chilly (although not really downright cold) Halloween here. After sliding out of bed this morning, my prodigies demanded a “spooky breakfast.” I didn’t really have plans for a spetacular spooky breakfast, and we needed to take a trip to the grocery store, so I spent about a…

Here’s Mr. Sneaky Pants AKA Jana the Dog digging imaginary holes to bury invisible bones in the front yard and jumping over pumpkins. My favorite is the last one: Sarah and The Banana playing peekaboo.

The weather has been so beautiful the last few days that I’ve been letting everyone play in their costumes, mainly because I wanted to take some pictures outside, but also because playing in my costume was my favorite part of Halloween when I was little. Sarah is dressing as a…

Since the last wound on my knee has healed nicely from my encounter with the hiking trail on the way to Sarah’s school, it was about time for me to commit a new clumsy act. This afternoon I was enjoying the perfect 50 degree weather, the warm orange light filtering…

Just so I can stop feeling guilty about all the things I did not get done today, here’s a list of the things I DID manage to accomplish: 1. I raked 1/4 of the yard and packed the soggy leaves into the yard waste garbage can. 2. I read a…