the world of weed

Rachel's loved the story of The Three Little Pigs for quite awhile now. We've read it, reinacted it, and watched it (the old Disney ...

My girl has an amazing memory....about some things. Saying "please" when she asks for something? Not such a good memory. But about...

After a long hiatus, pigtails have returned. She screams and hollers when I put them in, which explains the hiatus. Usually I choose not to ...

King Kong has arrived and is fully assembled. Here's our old set, just for the sake of comparison. We gave it away last week on Craig...

It's been a long, fun weekend for the most part. Saturday, Valentine's Day, my husband surprised me with flowers, candy, and a card!...

We got a surprise package in the mail today. I brought it into the kitchen where Rachel was finishing up her lunch and said, "Rachel,...

...DON'T come again another day.... Oh, I am SO tired of headaches. I've had one every day for a couple of weeks now. And it's b...

Last night as I was getting her ready for bed Rachel said, "When I grow up, I be just like Mommy!" and reached to give me a great ...

Today was Grandma's birthday celebration (the celebration just keeps on going in our family!) with my brother and his family. Rachel had...

It was warmer on Sunday, so Daddy took Rachel out and they made a much bigger and better snowman than my previous attempt . Rachel complai...

Happy Birthday, Mom! Yesterday was my mom's birthday. Over the weekend I decided on a whim to try to get home to surprise her. I had se...

Not a whole lot going on here. There's not enough fodder for a long, exciting post, but here are some snippets from the recent events at...

Perhaps she's getting a little too into this princess thing. Since I gave her the Snow White dress, she wears it every waking moment (o...

Four dress up items from the $1 bin at Target= $4 (saving them for her birthday) One Snow White dress also in the $1 bin at Target=$1 (not s...

To Rachel, all snowmen are Frosty the Snowman. She sings the song almost daily. Yesterday we went back out in the snow because it was warmer...

I love soup, especially on cold days, like we've been having. Creamy soups are my favorite. My husband doesn't like soup very much, ...

We've had several snowy days around here lately (and cold....very, very cold). But yesterday it was a balmy 23 degrees, so Daddy and Rac...

Yesterday was an up and down kind of day..... The Good I recently started reading the blog of a friend of mine with two little ones. Her dau...