Video of Evan

Okay, it's not all of Evan, but if you go to this link you can see a close up of Evan playing in the St. Paul parade.  It's near the beginning of the video (shortly after the close up of the pipe major's mouth(?)  ), so you don't have to watch the whole thing.  Happy viewing.

Big Hair

Here is the conversation I had with Marcus after dinner tonight.

Mom: (giving Marcus a back scratch) Hey look, no ringworm.

Marcus: I don't have any ringworm any more?

Mom: No, son, you are ringworm-free.

Marcus: Good, now I can grow my hair big!

Hmm.  Not too sure about that one.

If You Give A Mom A Muffin

My friend Kim sent this to me and it made me smile, so I pass it on to you all.

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If you give a mom a muffin,
She'll want a cup of coffee to go with it.
She'll pour herself some.
Her three-year-old will spill the coffee.
She'll wipe it up.
Wiping the floor, she'll find dirty socks.
She'll remember she has to do laundry.
When she puts the laundry in the washer,
She'll trip over boots and bump into the freezer.
Bumping into the freezer will remind her she has to plan for supper.
She will get out a pound of hamburger.
She'll look for her cookbook ("101 Things To Do With a Pound of Hamburger").
The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail.
She will see the phone bill, which is due tomorrow.
She will look for her checkbook.
The check book is in her purse that is being dumped out by her two-year-old.
She'll smell something funny.
She'll change the two year old's diaper.
While she is changing the diaper, the phone will ring.
Her five-year-old will answer and hang up.
She'll remember she wants to phone a friend for coffee.
Thinking of coffee will remind her that she was going to have a cup.
And chances are...
If she has a cup of coffee,
Her kids will have eaten the muffin that went with it.

by Kathy Fictorie

Belated Happy St. Patrick's Day

I know this late, but I wanted to wait until I could get a picture of Evan into the post. After spending most of my life ignoring St. Patrick's Day, it has now taken on some significance in my life; it's the day Evan spends playing the bagpipes from 10:00 am until 7:00 pm (and that's after opting out of their last three gigs). Yes, St. Patty's Day is a big deal to bagpipe players and this was Evan's first as a band member. I don't have any pictures from his very first parade (St. Paul), but I did get this one from his second parade (Minneapolis)As I've been pondering this post, it has puzzled me as to why the Irish have a special day all to themselves, but other ethnicities don't get that privilege. Why can't we Poles celebrate Nicolaus Copernicus Day? Why, I say? It just doesn't seem fair...

Answer

Well, it should be quite obvious that those children are studying science! Kudos to my sister, Kathy, and my husband (although he cheated, sort of).

Specifically, they are acting out the discovery of Uranus by William & Caroline Herschel. If you don't know who they are, you should really go to the link. I didn't know who they were either, until last week when we got to Uranus (we're working our way through the solar system this year- amazing stuff!).

The first photo is of William and Caroline with their parents and the second is of William and Caroline exploring the night sky (of course they really used a telescope, but this was a low budget film).

Stay tuned, once the children finish editing the film it may show up here on my blog.

And as long as we're talking about Uranus, did you know that scientist thought (just a few years ago) that it might rain DIAMONDS on Uranus (and Neptune). How cool is that? Now it looks like it might only rain graphite. A boon for the pencil business if you ask me.

Don't you LOVE science??? What a great way to see God's amazing creativity!

Name That Subject

Here's a fun new game.  I'll show you a picture and you tell me what subject the children are studying in the photo.

Ready to play?

Okay, let the guessing begin....

I will post the answer later today or tomorrow with special acknowledgment for anyone who guesses correctly.

Not Again

I've been waiting to post this announcement for a month or more because I wanted to be sure that it was really the truth.

WE ARE RINGWORM FREE!

Yippee! Hoot and holler! Clap your hands.

Okay, now that the party has died down, I will share with you why I decided to post this TODAY. Well, when Realea came home from speech class, I found the following note in her backpack

Your child may have been exposed to Ringworm

Pause for dramatic effect.

I'm taking a rather philosophical view on this. At least it didn't say lice. That would probably put me over the top (I'm perilously close already).