Pretzel Art

Ben created this during his favorite time of the day...."Afternoon Snack." He has titled it "The Letter A Painting a Picture."

He went on to eat his work with little to no remorse.

Interesting Reading

Whilst taking an extra long shower (aka hiding from the children) the other morning, I had some time to kill and decided to look for some reading material.

This is what I discovered on the back of K's shampoo bottle (or Manpoo as he calls it).

Really darling? You don't need manpoo to get girl approved hair.

Really? You had me at "I do."

PS I'm pretty impressed with myself for using the word "whilst". It reminds me of when Will chanted as I vacuumed yesterday "Go mommy go mommy!"

I Came I Sewed I Created

After seven going on eight years of taking care of small children (gulp! Where does the time go?), I finally started a task and completed it. Actually two!

With the help of sewer, oops, seamstress D.T. (my lovely sister) I took two classes and have these two bags to show for my labors. I must admit I am pretty proud. Mostly because I have something concrete and pretty to show for 10 hours of work, as opposed to housekeeping where you could work for 10 hours and the house STILL looks like a mess. It's a black hole.

So watch out because apparently I am coming back into the world of productivity or at least last week I was. For me it is a slow process of re-entry. Concrete productivity report for this week....the jury is still out.

New Member

Look who just joined the "I lost my first tooth" club.

Irish Lunacy

Perhaps the Leprechauns affected the rational side of my brain.

Perhaps they have been slipping "shamrock juice" into my morning tea.

Maybe it was due in part to genes linked to my paternal grandmother who was Irish and a wee bit goofy.

Who knows, but for some reason on St. Patrick's Day 2011, I lost my part-Irish mind. I decided to do a labor intensive (though incredibly cute) baking project with a 2 year old and a 5 year old.

The beginning of the project was all happy go lucky. Times were good. The cake batter was mixed. Turns were taken. We were all smiley, lovey and St. Patricky.

Then Will, a/k/a Mr. No Mine, started becoming possessive of the batter bowls and wouldn't let anyone stir. Then, he decided he wanted to eat all of the batter raw. Try talking rationally to a two year old about salmonella.

The boys enjoyed putting the food coloring in each bowl and mixing. The purple layer went pretty smoothly. By the blue layer, they were bored and done. I finished alone as they found other creative outlets for their energy.

Around the yellow layer, the Irish bitterness started to rise in my veins. Really? What was I thinking? I found the project in a Family Fun magazine. This is what they don't show you...the after effects of the project a/k/a the horrific clean up.

All in all though, they turned out pretty well.

Irish insanity aside the boys enjoyed eating a rainbow.

Happy Pi Day

Today is March 14, Pi Day, Pi as in the mathematical term which equals to 3.14 blahblahblahblah

K's campus is celebrating with their annual Pi Day Competition where students from high school come and solve engineering problems which are graded and the winner gets.....you guess it PIE! (And also a slight amount of fame and recognition)

I suppose for supper tonight we should have had all things round. Quiche. Pie. Pancakes. Perhaps next year I'll have some creative juices left to throw in that direction.

In honor of Pi Day, I would like to unveil my top ten list of reasons to marry a mathematician.

10. Joyfully handles monthly bill and checkbook duties.
9. Has helped many a niece, nephew or friend of a friend out of mathematical dilemma.
8. If doubling a recipe and can't figure something out, he's your man.
7. Can accurately calculate distances and ETA using road map and key.
6. Actually offers to keep score during Scrabble, Rummy 500 or other games.
5. Doesn't matter if calculator batteries are dead when you have your own personal Rain Man.
4. If having difficulty falling asleep, can explain imaginary number theory to you.
3. Future built in help for boys' Jr high and high school mathematical courses.
2. Willingly figures out tip percentages after dining out.
1. He just adds up. :)

And that's all I have to say about that.

Chuckle of the Day

Even though it offends me on several levels, I had to laugh at this joke on our calendar.


A blonde wanted to buy personalized license plates, but she couldn't afford them. So she changed her name to JKM345.


I'm sure she wasn't a natural blonde. Right?