the world of weed

Rachel is enjoying school, but there have been some bumps along the way these first few weeks.  I've requested my first conference with ...

Yesterday we used our free water park tickets.  It was a perfect day for it--90 degrees and bright and sunny.  We knew we had to use them th...

I've mentioned that Rebecca's been pretty fussy since Rachel went back to school.  But here are some pictures of some of her happier...

This morning I was talking to a neighbor at the bus stop.  His daughter is in Rachel's class, and was last year, too.  He told me his da...

Week one of first grade is in the books.  Rachel had a good week, overall, and is looking forward to going back tomorrow.  I still only ge...

Those are the heart-felt words Rachel shared with our neighbors two nights ago as she hugged them and told them goodbye before they moved a...

Last year I found a poem which perfectly described how I was feeling as I sent my treasure of a little girl out into the world on her first...

I'm still staying up too late, watching the Olympics.  I'm a little tired of them, but I told my husband it's like a train wreck...

I've been staying up way too late this week watching the Olympics.  I don't know what it is about them, but I just can't stop wa...

Rebecca's got her chatty sister beat for how much and how well she talks at barely two years old.  She talks non stop from the minute sh...

I'm done with camp!  HOORAY!!!! -26 cute, sweet, WHINY six year old girls -Temps in the 90s with VERY high humidity for four of the ...

My 20 year high school reunion is this weekend.  I can't go (I wasn't even sure I wanted to go anyway, but then I found out I couldn...

These last couple of weeks have not been normal ones around here.  Last week, as I wrote before, I was at my parents' house for a few da...

Yesterday we ran a million errands.  One of them was to Target, where Rachel fell in love with a backpack for school.  We didn't buy it ...

This has been a crazy week around here.  For three days this week I babysat twin 6 year old girls--friends of Rachel's from Girl Scouts ...

This weekend the girls and I went up to my parents' house for a sibling reunion.  My younger brother, Jack, lives in NYC and doesn't...

Waiting for the parade (melting in the sun....oh, my, was it ever HOT!) Standing in the shade now and then while we waited Sitting i...

This is two year old Weed, circa 1976. This is   two year old Rachel , circa 2008. And here's the newest version, two year old R...

Last week we made our annual trek to meet up with my dear friend, Allecia, and her kiddos.  As you may recall, they moved away back when Ra...

A huge storm came through here on Friday night.  Hurricane force winds, they say.  Our corner of the city seems to be the hardest hit.  Not ...