If I sent you outside right now, how many of the plants and insects in your immediate environment could you name? How about your children… could they name more, or less, than you? Do you know, from experience, that if you take an ant from the backyard and put it with a trail of ants from the front yard that usually, not always but usually, the front yard ants will attack and kill that backyard ant in what appears to be a frenzy?!
It’s Christmas time and I’m up for a little change of pace. So I thought it would be fun to review some of my favorite toys. LEGOS®
For those of you who have read my posts, you’re probably aware that I gave birth to boys… not girls. Yet that doesn’t stop me from participating in a wonderful and intriguing new project I heard about today.
Today the local newscasters were talking about the updated World’s Record book when they started quizzing one another about ‘special’ talents they have, when the sports guy starts in with the Announcer’s Test. Made me laugh and brought back lots of memories.
It’s Saturday and I’ve decided to devote Saturday’s to sharing silly, fun, creative and/or intriguing things. (my version of Saturday morning cartoons :-)) So today… it’s a video about how to make a very cool paper gun that really, really works! Well, if shooting paper ninja stars is what you’re going for…
I had fun this weekend baking with the oldest Granddaughter. She’s not a kid anymore so I really appreciate being able to grab a couple of hours of her time and… the good news is she’s a bit of a Pinterest junkie so there are always recipe’s that we want to try. :-)
Why is it that so many Mother’s and Grandmother’s seem to find it sweet, perhaps even flattering, when our children/grandchildren go on about missing us when we’re gone? Sometimes they even get clingy and fretful about missing us before we’ve even left!
Moms rule … they really do! And a really smart mom is the one who knows her rules and makes them clear to everyone in the family.
