the world of weed

Rachel's becoming a writer.  This sudden love of the A to Z Mystery books has inspired her to start writing her own mysteries.  For a co...

Valentine's Day = sweets My present to the family ( this is my Grandma's famous Christmas cookie recipe, so it tastes like Christmas...

Rachel's never had to decorate a Valentine's box before.  They've always decorated them at school, so I've never had to worr...

Rebecca LOVES Legos.  She spends much of the day some days making and tearing apart different creations.  We don't let her play with reg...

Yesterday we came home from the library to find a SNOW PLOW on our street!!  I can count on one hand the number of times a snow plow has com...

Three days after the storm, and we still haven't seen a plow in our neighborhood.  There's almost 10 inches of snow, full of ruts, u...

You know the movie, Groundhog Day, where the same day keeps repeating over and over and over?  Well, that's what it feels like here righ...

Today was day 1,000,000 of being in the house all day with two sick kids.  Well, I guess I'm exaggerating a little, but wow, am I tired ...

This winter has been something else!  Sub zero temps, snow and more snow....when is spring going to be here? Yesterday we stayed in all day ...

Rachel once went through a phase where she was obsessed with the movie, The Incredibles.  During that time, my mom happened upon a Mr. Incre...

Most of these toys have been in the toy box for years.  Occasionally they get taken out and played with, but mostly they stay hidden away in...

Rachel and her troop are selling Girl Scout cookies.  If anyone is interested in buying any, please let me know.  Even if you aren't loc...

I heard on the news today that the first Monday in January is considered the most depressing day of the year.  But in my world, today should...

Rachel and I did a little bonding today while Rebecca took her nap.... Lego Friends assembly and Saige Paints the Sky

Here are the promised pictures from Christmas....     Christmas Eve--new matching PJs.  I got them nightgowns this year because they ...

I meant to post these this morning when I posted about Rachel and Saige.... One of the things Rachel also wanted was Saige's art kit.   ...

Last summer an American Girl store opened at the mall just down the road from us.  There are only a few of these stores in the country, so i...

I didn't think we would go see Santa this year because of this: Santa came to Rebecca's preschool last week and she was scared of hi...

December is just full of activity here.... Last week we went to the lights at the zoo.  We went two years ago with the girls and Rachel,  es...

Grandma came down this weekend to make gingerbread cookies, which has become a tradition since Rachel was two. Rachel did a good job of deco...