Super Rachel Zana's Spot

Dr. Peds brought home a fantastic little snow plow for the resident vehicle-lover, and he was so excited. Watching the snow plow is a big deal around here, and many hours have been happily spent with the little snowplow. We even gathered a little snow to bring in and push…

We were walking to the car to pick up Mr. TOF from swim practice. Peanut Maximus: Dinosaurs are too big to fit into cars. Only kids fit into cars. Me: Yep, Dinosarus would not fit into the car. Peanut Maximus: Some Dinosaurs have teeth. Me: Yes, dinosaurs do have teeth.…

There was food! There was more food! Cousins went sledding and shoveled sidewalks and driveways. There was a trip to Bentleyville, and a thrift store shopping spree! Cousins went swimming, and there were many, many board games played. Peanut Maximus wanted in on all the fun, and his Auntie Dot…

At Thanksgiving everyone feasts and then waits for the rice pudding with raspberry topping to be passed around the table. The person who lands the hidden almond in their bowl gets a prize. This is a very, very big deal. The entire serving bowl of rice pudding will be consumed…

The Devious Snail was at college for his birthday, but home for Thanksgiving just a few days later, and we had a tiny impromptu present-giving celebration the night he arrived. The Banana specially selected a gift for him months ago when she was on a trip with her friends before…

Every day he lines up vehicles, and I love it so much.

Watching the development of artistic expression in children just never gets old to me! It’s so fascinating to see how lines turn into heavy circular indiscriminate scribbles, and then into singular intentional curves and a combination of curves, lines an corners, and then those turn into representative objects. Like language…

We kept those wispy ends around all summer because they curled up adorably in the humidity, but now that the weather has changed with the seasons, and it is dry, they were a bit ratty and tangly, so it was time for a little trim. Dr. Peds gave Peanut Maximus…

When he was a preschooler Mr. TOF was obsessed with marching bands. He would pretend to be a marching band every day, and my mom even sewed him a marching band costume for Christmas one year. He was so excited. He grew up watching YaYa and then the Devious Snail…

This, in some form, happens almost every day. Not only is the drumming exuberant, but there is also glorious singing to go with it. Let’s just say it is capable of waking even slightly comatose teenager brothers.