the world of weed

Last day of first grade....sniff, sniff.  She's just looking way too old! (Notice the sunburned cheeks...I didn't know she'd be ...

Yesterday was field day at Rachel's school.  Last year she was sick on field day so she didn't really know what to expect, but she l...

These are from our yard....

After I wrote that post this morning about her love of guitars, Rebecca was doing this outside this morning....using her rake as a guitar. ...

Rebecca became a HUGE Laurie Berkner fan overnight. It all started at the bus stop one afternoon a few months ago. We had driven to the bu...

I cautiously began potty training Rebecca on Monday morning. I've been putting it off for months because she didn't seem interested...

Anything Rachel does, Rebecca does too.....

The girls love playing outside together. Tonight I went to see what they were doing and found this.... (Rachel said it was the royal fair...

Rachel's birthday party was on Saturday, but on her actual birthday, Tuesday, we had another celebration. Rachel got to choose what sh...

Dearest Rachel,   How in the world did this happen?  How did you manage to turn seven in the blink of an eye?  They say time flies, bu...

Well, this isn't the happiest Easter I've ever had....  Last night I woke up at 12:30 AM and felt so, so sick to my stomach.  I spen...

We continued the tradition of going up to my brother's for their annual neighborhood Easter egg hunt.  (Rebecca's sickness appea...

Stuffy noses, coughs, fevers....I can handle those fairly well.  But throw up?  Ugh.  It's just the WORST.  Last night I put Rebecca t...

We're home from Grandma and Grandpa's now, but while we were there we went to the children's museum near their house. ...

It's spring break, and just like most of the Midwest, it snowed all day today. We escaped by traveling north, which didn't help the...

Rachel missed wacky Wednesday a few weeks ago because of a snow day, so she was thrilled to have another attempt at it today, during "s...

Here's hoping that today is Rachel's last day at home. Her strep test yesterday was negative, so we are just waiting for the virus ...