*Just so this and future posts make sense, I have changed something. Instead of calling the kids T and A, I will now refer to them as McQueen and Tinkerbell. I am using Blurb to edit my blog into a book. This is something I plan on doing every year. "T" always comes up on the spell checker and is easy to change. "A" does not. From now on I will refer to them by these different names because both of them come up on Blurb's spell checker.*
Guess what this is a picture of. I am sure it looks disgusting, but it may be something different than you're thinking. This is a picture of a cake. Okay, so I am not a complete idiot, I know that if you try to spread frosting on a cake that is not sufficiently cool, it will take the top layer off. Why did I do it anyway? First, let me be clear on something. I didn't! I had McQueen and Tinkerbell do it, so that I could be blameless. Grandpa turned 67 this last Thursday. Friday night we made a cake for him. It finished cooking right about the time dinner was over. We waited and waited for it to cool, but bedtime was quickly approaching, so I figured, whatever. All of us (including the kids) were dying laughing as the kids took turns globing frosting on the cake. It was so much fun for everyone. It is just one of those things that is fun to laugh at. Also, the picture does not show it, but it gets even better. I put the cake in the oven, and then I set the timer on the microwave. Someone (who shall remain nameless) who needed to use the microwave just cleared the timer and used the microwave. I was trying to reconstruct the approximate time in my head, after only later finding out about the timer. When I think it is about right, I decide to do the toothpick test. I do, and the second I poked it, the middle of the cake forms a crater that would rival some of the ones of the moon. We all had a good laugh, and the cake was actually very delicious despite the appearance which would suggest otherwise. Through all of us laughing, we had to remind Grandpa that we were the only ones who made him a cake for his birthday, so he should be thankful..............maybe.
Here the kids are, excited as can be. They are just waiting for their teacher to call them over to start their lessons this morning.
Today they focused on learning how to float on their backs. They started by using their kick boards as floatation devices.
Tinkerbell was a little apprehensive
Even more so without the board. Check out just how high those legs are out of the water!
They both had a ton of fun and are becoming regular little fish.
- Today we were at the store doing our grocery shopping. The kids were so helpful, as they always are. They asked, "what is next on the list Dad?" I responded, "face wash." A asked, "what on earth is a face watch and where do we find it?" I laughed as I pictured a face watch. I imagine it to be a watch that is like a head band. The only short coming in the design would be for the wearer. Sure, everyone else could clearly see the time on their forehead, but they would have to find a mirror somewhere if they ever wanted to know the time.
