Chocolate peanut brittle
A few weeks ago, B made peanut brittle for a bake sale. He gave the whole batch away. The rest of us drooled, but he made us some the next week – we made sure we didn’t eat all the Continue reading Chocolate peanut brittle
Month: May 2010
Getting Used to the New System
Well, it’s sleek, it has lots of options, it will be awesome. But right now, it looks like I’ve lost my old categories, and I can’t turn my avatar into me from the generic MALE that is showing up. So Continue reading Getting Used to the New System
Sunday Walk with Daddy
K really wanted ‘Ou-s-ide!" I wanted to play Carcasonne with Mom and the Boys This little guy was in the woodpile Then they tromped through the boggy bit at the bottom of Mom’s hill
M’s Alliums
The "lolly Pop Flower"
Fire House Tour Photos
So, did M have fun? And K? The living room is in the former hay loft for the horses that pulled the engines circa 1868 Yes, there were fire-poles, though, the younger guys take the stairs easier on the ankles. Continue reading Fire House Tour Photos
My Wizards are so TOUGH
that they duel with RHUBARB wands.fence? no, light-sabers Whatever. But when the bad guy is dead they do have to give the rhubarb back, I only picked enough to make a pie.
2 Funny/Unusual Things This Morning
1 I remembered to take my multi-vitatmin 2 K chanted "NOT candy, NOT candy, NOT candy…." when I did.
Wit-lash
Wit-lash: noun; a mental condition caused by rapid, unannounced topic shifts in conversation. DH made this up. And that makes me what sort of conversation partner?
Where are your SHOES!?
Yesterday, as we got ready to go to the fire station for a tour, I told the boys to put their shoes on. A few minutes later, I gave them charge of K, and took a shower. Once I was Continue reading Where are your SHOES!?
Our Flower Garden Today
Rosa Rugosa partly Swiss Cheesed by something that makes webs out of the young leaves. But the sparrows love to eat the pests, so we see a lot of them in the garden. Chickidees too. Asian Lily Beatles on the Continue reading Our Flower Garden Today
Grammar, Pokemon Style
B, during Grammar Recitation said, "That sentence is an imperative one, Imperative, it evolves from the Latin Imperator." in his best Pokedex voice.
Annalysing the Annalysis week – B’s surprising take
Last week I buckled down to the kitchen table. I got an hour of school in with M, then one with B, each day. I didn’t update the blog while they did chores, look to see if anyone had downloaded Continue reading Annalysing the Annalysis week – B’s surprising take