For Sale: 2 Year Old

I can't believe I haven't posted in a week! Our computer wigged out last weekend and needed a major overhaul. We added a bunch of memory and deleted a gig of crap-ola. It's feeling much better now.

This week has been very busy! Hallie had 2 ortho appointments, Zane had his follow-up appt. for his foot (it's 80% healed and will continue to heal) and the kids had their international festival at school on Wednesday night. They each asked me to help them make a recipe from the countries they were studying.

Grace had France so we made French Vanilla Cream Eclairs. They were okay. Loved the filling but the shell part was so-so.
Hallie had the Netherlands. Dutch Cookies were what she decided on. They looked delectable but were quite hard. I don't if they were supposed to be that way or if we screwed them up. Everyone seemed to love them, though.
Hannah had Trinidad and Tobago. After joking about what the people in that country call themselves (Trinidadians or Tobagons?) she chose Toolum, a coconut candy. As I perused the ingredients I was grossed out when it called for molasses. Growing up my step dad was strict on the sugar intake of the household. Well, really, it seemed like it was just the kids, because he was always sneaking stuff for himself behind our backs that was loaded with sugar. Anyways, instead of sugar on our Cheerios we had a choice of honey, raw sugar or molasses. Nasty! I tried to talk Hannah into something else but she insisted. So we made a batch of Toolum. Of course I told they were great and that she did a good job. At the end of the festival most of her candies had been eaten but there were a few left over. I asked her if everyone liked them and she said that she didn't see any in the trash. Well, last night at dinner she said that at school that day a boy named Levi told her that her Trinidad and Tobago candy was disgusting. What a brat! She worked so hard and was so excited about her effort. I told her that boys were clueless and that if his mom heard that he said that he would be in big trouble.

Speaking of boys, mine is really getting on my last nerve. He draws on everything, himself included. He can't stop himself from eating all the strawberries he can find, before anyone else can enjoy any. He even eats all the green ones. Then he had the gall to eat the first little green tomato! He dumped a bunch of butter in the toaster so we had to buy a new one. If he sees a pile of folded laundry he'll throw it on the floor every time. The list goes on and on!

Just when I was ready to run away, last night he was acting so cute. I won't bore you with the details but it was one of those moments when you beam at the thought that your child is incredibly smart and sweet and wonderful all at once.

I guess we'll keep him. I just need to stock up on Mr. Clean Magic Erasers, install an electric fence around the strawberries and tomatoes, and keep the toaster put away.



The End.