Super Rachel Zana's Spot

While Grandma Kathy was visiting, we toured some unique local gems, including Foxfire Gardens (the hosta gardens that Ms. Crazy Preschooler wore her flower girl dress to) and Jurustic Park. Not Jurassic Park. Jurustic Park. A place unlike any other . . . anywhere. Jurustic Park is a private park…

Yesterday was the last day of tumbling class for Ms. Crazy Preschooler. She loved it so, so much and is devastated that it is over now. The teachers and helpers were so good this summer; I had so much fun sitting (on very uncomfortable benches) and watching all the activity.…

To make the ASL sign for “doll” you make a hook with your index finger and rub it down the bridge of your nose. To sign “doll” Mr. Cuddles takes his index finger and jams it up his nostril. Then he takes Ms. Crazy Preschooler’s doll and stuffs it into…

Climbing. Climbing. Climbing. Standing. Making Truck Noises. Falling. All Better.

I’ve been waiting to take Ms. Crazy Preschooler to the local hosta garden in her flower girl dress for weeks. This morning Mr. Cuddles was playing at a friend’s house, so we zipped there speedy quick and took some pictures. We really had fun, and I could have snapped pictures…

This weekend a friend and I traded childcare so that we could do something with our husbands without the company of residents under four feet tall. Whenever Dr. Pediatrician and I have the opportunity to go on a “date” we are completely stumped as to what we should actually do.…

Between the hours of 7:03 and 8:05 yesterday morning Mr. Cuddles woke up, had a sippy cup filled with milk, and promptly downed a banana (his recent fruit of choice) so fast that it made him throw up. All over me. So I took him to his bedroom and stripped…

The past several days have been a mad rush to get everything ready for the preschool music classes I teach in the mornings on Monday and Tuesday. Every few months I write an 8-10 week curriculum for a group of toddlers and a group of preschoolers. It takes more time…