the world of weed

We couldn't have a birthday party for Rebecca without the Wiggles.... I used the top of a straw cup we had from when Rachel was lit...

Oh, Rebecca, How in the world do I sum up your huge personality in one little post?  In your two short years you have added so much to our...

Today was Rachel's kindergarten graduation.  And she almost didn't get to go.  She woke up this morning coughing like crazy.  Everyt...

Things are looking up.  Rachel was much better yesterday, though still running a low fever without Advil, so she stayed home.  But today she...

Please excuse me while I vent again.  I'm writing this while on hold on the phone, tilting my head to hold up the phone.  I've been ...

Today has been one of "those" days.  The yucky ones.  My husband's been sick for three days (fever, chills, sore throat, achy,...

Today Rebecca had her first experience of the year in our little pool.  She kept telling me, "I timmin'!" ("swimming...

The girls crack us up all the time with the things they say.  Here are just a few of the latest zingers. Rebecca (coming up to me from the...

Friday night the girls and my husband took me out to pick out flowers and plants for outside.  Rachel was adamant that I needed to have r...

I guess the phrase "winding down" at the end of a school year is kind of the wrong way to put it, because May has turned into a pr...

Some of Rebecca's favorite words lately are "no" and "not." As in, "No, Mommy," and "No, I not....

Man, it's hot.  I haven't turned the A/C on yet, though I'm tempted.... So today we tried to beat the heat by opening up the w...

Is 23 months old too young to develop an obsessive compulsive disorder?  Rebecca seems to be an all or nothing sort of girl.  She wants Wigg...

I can't believe that a month from today our baby girl will be two years old.  Not a baby at all...but I still think of her as my baby.  ...

I saw this interview somewhere on the internet a few weeks ago and saved it so I could ask Rachel the questions.  If I remember, I'll as...

Feet have been the bane of my existence for as long as I can remember.  First it was my own feet.  I've always had narrow feet--so narro...

I never had to do a whole lot of baby proofing with Rachel.  We put the plastic things in the outlets and locked the cabinet under the kitch...

Rachel invited me to a fashion show tonight up in her room: (She handed me the invitation at 7:15....it started at 7:17!)  (And yes, I ...

I think I could sum up Rachel's birthday yesterday as "heaven" in her eyes.  It started when she ran down the stairs at 6:00...