This is what I found on the fridge last night.

We have a very negligent tooth fairy...

                            I wonder if she's related to our spelling teacher?

Life Perspectives from 6 & 7 Year Olds

As overheard on our way from Hist/Lit co op to Biology Lab from an assorted passenger list of my own children, other Biology students, and some others just along for the ride...

Assorted siblings and unrelated kids--  "Here Emily, here's a song for you and Colby"  (Can you feel the love tonight playing in the background from someone's ipod)  "You and Colby will be married someday...."  (sarcastic sighs from the back row)

Emily's older sibling-- "No Emily, you should marry Gus!"

Gus--"No Way!  I'm not marrying Anyone!"

Emily--"You're going to die an old and lonely man, Gus!"

Gus--  "Nope, I'm going to build a house, and live in Peace and Quiet!!"

                                        Hmmm.  Peace and Quiet...what fun would that be?

           

Exploding pans and Dinner out.

Dinner was an adventure last night. 

Rick was stepping in the door from work as I was pulling ham steaks out of the oven.  He was just in time to witness the glass baking dish explode in my hands.  It. Literally. Exploded.  Glass went everywhere, including into every other dish I had ready to serve for dinner.  

Since we didn't want a side of glass with our dinner, either shards or powdered, thank-you-very-much,  Rick took us all out to Gritty's (a favorite local pub and microbrewery) for dinner.  So, on the bright side, we got to go out for dinner

        (although I have to recommend NOT cooking AND cleaning AND dining out all for the same meal),

and with the mess extending into the oven, I also got my oven cleaned (which I'd been putting off for some time).  And while cleaning out the oven, the realization dawned on me that I had actually scrubbed the kitchen floor AND cleaned the oven in a single week...

Watch out Martha Stewart!

And now, I'm getting rid of all my CorningWare.  This is their second attempt on my life, and I'm afraid I might not get away unscathed next time.

Biking in Acadia

In the middle of a very busy fall, we stole a day to take the kids and head up into Acadia National Park for some bicycling and some fall colour.  We did a little less bicycling than anticipated-- due to coughing fits from a lingering cold, and saw less colour than anticipated--due to a very wet summer and hurricane Irene, but we did enjoy a day with the kids away from the to-do list.

Biking...

And not so much biking...

We found fall colour in splotches, here and there.

And we found the wind on top of Cadillac Mountain!

It was a good day!

What do you get when you put together some fascinating history reading, an old blanket and some rope?

Oh, and don't forget the crucial ingredient...Imagination...

Hours of fun!!

Sausage Making 101

If a friend in need is a friend indeed...What does that make a friend who raises a pig for you at their house, and does all the daily chores besides?  
A Very Good Friend Indeed!

After a local butcher shop did the really messy stuff, we got together one evening and started the great experiment.

We ground...

 We spiced

              and mixed

We sang...

And we stuffed!

The Tuscan, Country, and Chorizo Sausages turned out great!  The Chorizo is the best of all, and the friends?  Absolutely the best too!!