Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Probably Dr. Pediatrician will be upset. This evening while Mr. Cuddles was dining on a bowl of canned peaches I snipped just a little of his hair off right above the ears and in the very back. I think it looks cute, and it is still curly . . .…

Oh the joy of long-awaited access to the front seat.

For some reason over the past few weeks I have been motivated to try out some new recipes. They all seem to be recipes for breakfast foods, particularly different kinds of waffles and pancakes (and they all seem to include buttermilk). This morning I made “overnight raisin oatmeal pancakes.” They…

Normally our mail does not arrive until 4:00 p.m. but our mailman this morning noticed that we had an unusually large number of packages, and probably didn’t want to drive around with them bouncing in his truck all day, so he made a special morning delivery about 10:00 a.m. The…

I’ve shared my ice cream with Mr. Cuddles before, but this afternoon Dr. Pediatrician gave him half of his cone to hold by himself. Pure Delight. He ran around with a dripping ice cream cone for at least fifteen minutes, and when we finally decided he he was done, he’d…

Ms. Crazy Preschooler and Dr. Pediatrician attended the Relay for Life last night. Ms. CP was so excited because she won an entire set of princess costume jewelry complete with dress up shoes, she made a new friend, Olympia, who she ran around in the grass with all night, and…

After supper this evening I was sprawled across the couch in the living room. Mr. Cuddles was across the room and he looked at me very seriously, signed “frog,” and then he started hopping around the room just like a frog. After about 7 hops, he stood up straight and…

When Grandma Kathy was here Dr. Pediatrician took her and Ms. Crazy Preschooler to the raspberry farm and they came back with a couple of buckets of fresh raspberries, most of which we sent to Iowa for Great Grandma and Grandpa. There were red raspberries (which I like best) and…

Ms. Crazy Preschooler in her pajamas, frozen juice on a stick, and Grandma Kathy. We had such a great time when she was here visiting.