http://royal-rachel.com/blog ...a few things from this side of crazy Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:42:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After a few days practice, Willow is now cruising around the house. That is, if I remind her to just walk. She has a tendency to want to sit down and scooch, but once I tell her to walk she gets this look on her face like, 'Oh ... http://royal-rachel.com/blog/2010/03/10/willow-walking/ We weren't sure it was ever gonna happen. But at 15 months and 13 days, Willow decided she would try out this thing we do called walking. :) http://royal-rachel.com/blog/2010/03/06/impossible/ It is finally warming up and that means the animals get let out of their inside cages at the zoo. My parents generously gave our family another zoo membership this year, and the kids and I go all the time, well once the weather warms up a bit. It just ... http://royal-rachel.com/blog/2010/03/05/another-zoo-trip/ Does Willow's hair look like it's sticking out just a little more than normal? How 'bout in this one? Ok, here?  Does it look like maybe someone put a little something in her hair and scrunched it, trying to create some body and wave? It wasn't me.  This is the result of eating ... http://royal-rachel.com/blog/2010/03/04/sticky-fingers/ If you have to have a dinosaur running around your house, it might as well do a few chores now and then. (check out the length of the legs of his costume) (he is very serious about his work) (and the screens could always use a good cleaning!) (ewwwwww) http://royal-rachel.com/blog/2010/03/04/cleaning-dinosaur/ Jayden has always had anxiety about doing things by himself.  To this day, he will hardly play in the basement if I'm not there with him.  Putting him in the church nursery was always a headache.  We'd get called out of the service every time because Jayden would be in ... http://royal-rachel.com/blog/2010/03/03/swimming-lessons/ Jayden and I started planting some seeds for the garden tonight.  Last year, our garden didn't fare too well.  Well, parts of it didn't anyway.   We had basil and some other herbs growing out our ears, but our peas, beans, carrots, tomatos, and pepper plants all got eaten away by ... http://royal-rachel.com/blog/2010/03/02/starting-the-garden/ We have finally had a nice break from the horrible cold that is the winter here in Kansas.  We actually got up in the 50's.  It was so nice, and it actually felt like spring was coming.  Although spring here, while it is a bit warmer comes with some pretty ... http://royal-rachel.com/blog/2010/03/01/a-nice-break/ The kids and I went to a fundraiser for the YWCA today at MyGym.  If you brought package of pull-ups or diapers, your kids could play for only $1.  Sadly, I didn't even have a dollar on me, and not really wanting to charge $1 on the credit card, I ... http://royal-rachel.com/blog/2010/02/26/diaper-derby/ We're having an impromptu pajama day at our house.  Jayden came into our bedroom this morning and declared, "Mom, we are NOT working out today.  I just want to play with my toys"  And I really didn't have the energy to argue with him, not to mention I sliced off ... http://royal-rachel.com/blog/2010/02/23/this-is-how-we-roll/