Super Rachel Zana's Spot

It may be fairly obvious that this little girl loves her new swimming suit. One of her old swimming suits bit the dust. It was stretched out beyond being stretched out, practically to the point of being indecent, and Dr. Pediatrician decided it was time for the trashcan. He and…

I bought a swath of red and a swath of brown material this morning. I’ve been meaning to take pictures of Ms. Crazy Preschooler in her flower girl dress for a couple of weeks. I have plans to take her to the hosta garden out of town with her dress,…

For no particular reason the past few days I have been reminded how much I really dislike condiments. Condiments are smelly. Condiments take up room in the refrigerator. (In fact I have a little rule about devoting only ONE door shelf to condiments in my refigerator . . . although…

Last Thursday evening several women met at my house for Bible Study. I told Ms. Crazy Preschooler she could sleep in my room in the attic for a special treat, but she had to promise to stay up there while the company was chatting away down in the living room.…

Ms. Crazy Preschooler and Dr. Pediatrician left on a trip to Iowa today to visit Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. Mr. Cuddles and I are staying home, and to pass the time away this evening we decided to do a little fingerpainting. Mr. Cuddles was quite joyous about the whole…

At the end of preschool, Ms. Crazy Preschooler and I went to a greenhouse to pick out some flowers for her teacher. I liked a basket of impatients intertwined with a beautiful ivy. She liked a gerber daisy. We couldn’t agree, and I wasn’t willing to battle it out, so…

This morning my neighbor came over with a little basket of strawberries. I was very excited because she had been strawberry picking at the local strawberry farm. Last year I missed strawberry picking because I was vacationing in the great state of North Dakota. I had been hoping I would…

I made this little bug book for Ms. Crazy Preschooler a few weeks ago. Whenever she sees an interesting bug she draws a picture of it and we practice sounding the bug’s name out and writing it on the lines under the picture box. If it is a small bug…