Conversation after preschool

EZ: what does invisible mean?
Me: It means you can’t see it. Visible means you can see it, and invisible means you can’t see it.
EZ: Ok. {pause} What does Out-visible mean??

Lame

So I got a letter the other day from the school nurse. Apparently Cuddles was missing one of his required shots. And by required, I mean: required in Utah but not required in Massachusetts. Nice. Anyone can guess how well that went over… {especially with the award-winning bedside manner of the nurse at the county health department. How about we not flash the huge needle in his face. Maybe try getting him looking in another direction first. I’m not a nurse, but it just seems like a good idea.}
Our bribe was a trip to “Chucky Cheese-its” afterward. We didn’t buy any pizza, since the last time we were there the kids ate a whole lot of nothing. Just the tokens. Also, last time we were there Cuddles didn’t see anything he wanted to redeem his tickets for, so I held on to them and this time he ended up with a hundred and fifty. As if he hasn’t had enough sugar lately, he decided on this for his prize:

Blast From the Past

The other day I was at the library and came upon a Smurfs DVD. So I checked it out and brought it home for the kids to watch. They *loved* it! It is now their favorite show. That and The Brady Bunch, which they also recently discovered on one of the PBS channels here. Cuddles calls it “The Funny Show.”
But there is one thing that has him puzzled: “What does it mean to ‘smurf a tree’?”

Oops

By the time I remembered that I need to register to vote after moving, it was too late. Oops. So now we will be absentee voters in Massachusetts. I guess that’s not such a big deal; it’s not as if either state is a swing state. Actually, my consolation is that I will get to vote against John Kerry one more time.
And no matter who you are voting for, you can’t tell me that this isn’t seriously *hilarious*!

A Tasty Treat

I’m not really into crafts. They always look cool but they never really turn out right and then they just seem to pile up as clutter. So I try to stick with bigger projects, like useful home improvement stuff or consumable things like FOOD.
For example, a few months ago I made some cream puffs for a friend’s baby shower. I had made them before, but I had forgotten how much FUN they are to make! It’s like playdoh for moms!
And then I found these


These are from the Bakerella blog {see sidebar link}, or you may have seen their cousin, the cupcake pops, on Martha Stewart. So I finally made some for my little sister’s b-day this weekend and they were not only super FUN, and super CUTE but also super TASTY! And you also get to impress your friends and relatives.

poem

In honor of the season, here is one of my favorite poems
by e e cummings

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one
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Monday: Wash Day

When I used to do laundry in the laundromat here I used to always get ticked off by that person who would come in and fill up all the washers at the same time. I mean, seriously, how rude. Well, now that person is me. I did 7 loads this week. {I actually did more than that last week but on two different days.} I figured out that I actually do less loads if its all on one day. But it sure ticks off the other poor souls who actually expect to find available washing machines when they need them...There's probably a really nice word for people like me.

And now for the folding...