the world of weed

Remember how much Rachel wanted to see The Nutcracker last year? Well, the commercials started on TV and the radio a week or so ago.  As ...

We spent a great few days celebrating Thanksgiving with my family last week.  It was lots of fun with lots of family and lots of food. Rac...

There's not been a lot of exciting news around here, so I feel like the blog has been a little lean lately.  Life is full and busy and g...

Rachel declared last night, "The best night of my LIFE!"  In 6.5 years, that means it ranked first out of approximately 2,372 nigh...

We've always thought Rachel looked just like me. But here's proof that Rebecca's definitely mine, too....

Rachel just got her first invitation to a sleepover.  It's a birthday party for twin girls she's friends with (who I watched this su...

Oh, Rachel...my little drama queen.  I'm always a little nervous to go pick her up from the bus stop at the end of the day because I nev...

I mentioned a week or two ago that Rebecca's newest obsession is playing doctor because she loves watching Doc McStuffins on Disney Jr. ...

Rachel came up with the idea for her costume all on her own this year.  She decided she wanted to be an artist, we looked online for ideas, ...

Rachel didn't have school yesterday or today (parent-teacher conferences) and I promised to take her to our science museum while she was...

The girls and I spent a long weekend at my parents' house this past weekend.  While we were there, Rachel wanted to see where her great-...

Most of you probably saw this already on facebook, but for those of you who didn't.... Weed--first grade (left), Rachel--first grade (...

I think we've been down this road before. It started Monday morning, when Rebecca woke up with the runniest of noses.  Then Rachel got...

This morning was the Walkathon at Rachel's school.  They do a Walkathon as a fundraiser each year and parents are invited to come walk w...

Fooled you....there are actually no pictures here today.  But there were so many times this weekend that I WISHED I had had my camera.  So I...

There's not a lot of news to write about.  Things have calmed down at school.  Rachel's doing fine and enjoying it.  She especially ...

Today I went outside with Rebecca, and while inspecting my tomato plants for any new ripe tomatoes, I came across these obnoxious, ugly thin...

Rebecca's really started loving Blue's Clues in the last few weeks.  She asks for it now almost as much as she asks for the Wiggles,...

The other one came out! Daddy wanted to wiggle it, just to see how loose it was, and it came out!  No tears, no drama this time.  Yay! ...