Heather is once again sharing the love with a super cute retro towel set (pictured left) SWAG giveaway on her blog. Simply drop her a comment by Friday night, and you're in the running for possibly finding these cute accessories in your mailbox! She does great work, and I couldn't resist sharing them with you.
I've considered doing something similar here for a while now ... I know that would be a bit odd ... this not being a public, open to the world kind of blog, but still as more and more friends move away and my "reader" base grows ever so slowly, there could be four or five of you out there who might like to get a happy package from little 'ol me (not bad odds for winning!). Any suggestions on what the drawing prize could be?
We've had some interesting questions asked in our house lately that I want to document ...
Rebecca:
A while back, it might have been for Diane's birthday, we were at her house having dinner, I've forgotten the specific details of the conversation ... someone please fill them in if you can ... but it prompted Rebecca to ask "Who's Elvis?"
Well the half of the table that heard her quiet question, gave a quick gasp, the way you would if one of your friends had asked the same question ... A shocked, what do you mean, who's Elvis? Do you live under a rock? Do your parents live under a rock ... how can you not know who Elvis is? You have truly been deprived... So GR and I are scrambling to solve this problem. Thankfully Grandma Rita, a very good friend of Diane's, is a huge Elvis fan, and we're hoping she can help us quickly catch Rebecca up to speed.
Emily:
Curious George is still one of the kids favorite afternoon shows to watch after school. After watching one of the stories about the country and the city, Emily asked, "Mom, do we live in the country or the city?" ... "Well ... neither, we live in the suburbs." I then had to explain what in the world the suburbs were.
Sam:
In primary over the last month or so, the kids have been talking about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Sunday on the way home from Church Sam noticed two different churches with large wooden crosses outside. When he saw the first one, he started talking about how Jesus died on a cross and that Jesus was resurrected. He wanted to know how and why Jesus died on the cross. When he saw the second cross, he asked, "Who died on that cross?" "No one sweetheart, it's a symbol, a reminder that Jesus died for all of us." "Why is it there if nobody is going to be made dead on it?"
This led to a good dinner conversation about why many churches have crosses outside and inside their buildings and why we don't.
There's been lots of talk in the last few months in my little blogging circle of friends, about increasing whole grains in their diet. One of the benefits of eating whole grains is FIBER!
My dad is always interested in how much fiber a slice of bread has ... it's not real whole wheat bread if it doesn't weigh a ton and have lots of fiber in it. No wimpy, pumped full of air, colored with molasses bread for his family! Anyway, when you see one of us in the bread isle of the grocery store, looking at the labels of three or four different loaves of bread - at the same time - that's what we're doing, comparing fiber content.
A week or so ago, I made an interesting discovery that warranted a phone call home to my dad. Reading the nutritional label on the back of the bagels we LOVE and splurge on pretty regularly, I learned they have a ton of fiber in them! More fiber than a slice of bread ... but you're also eating twice, if not three times as much food ...
Yesterday while shopping for items to go in a special trail mix (honey nut chex, honey nut cheerios, raisins, peanuts, mini m&m's, mini marshmallows) Emily wanted to take to school today to share with her classmates, (Today, she was the special kid of the day ... a title that will rotate through the class multiple times through the year) I discovered a new multigrain cracker that Alex and I have decided is a definite keeper. Who'd a thought the box All-Bran multigrain crackers would really taste great?
Last week Rebecca was in tears because she missed buying her lunch on spaghetti day, and as usually I was the bad guy. In an effort to show her I really wasn't a heartless mean mom out to make her life miserable, I made her spaghetti and meatballs (never made meatballs before - and they turned out delic!!) for dinner. I had a box of whole wheat noodles in our food storage, waiting to be tested on the family and decided to give them a try ... no one noticed. So, I purchased three more boxes, and I'm phasing the "regular" noodles out of my food storage, know of any upcoming food drives?
Here are the facts if anyone is interested:
