I’d originally posted this for Halloween, but the same treat works just as well for other holidays. For Christmas, I’ve tried and thoroughly enjoyed the same recipe with candy-cane bits instead of reeses pieces. My coworker said White Chocolate Popcorn sounds disgusting, but if you like caramel corn or anything like it, you should give this easy trick a try. (more…)
Hooray for charter schools! Ethan’s first grade class has been learning about force, motion, and gravity recently, which has led to some rather interesting conversations in the car as we drive back and forth — topics such as how airplanes fly, why wheels are round, etc. We had a beautiful full moon the other morning, and the kids were soon asking why the moon was covered in craters while the earth isn’t, and what would happen if a rock was going to crash into the earth. (more…)
Mary wanted to go for a hike the other day, while the weather was still decent.
Mary: “Can we go on a hike?”
me: “I’ve got to work today.”
Mary: “Well, you can bring your laptop”
me: “I can’t walk and work at the same time.”
Mary: “Well, I could be the one that watches where we’re going.”
me: “But I couldn’t carry the laptop and type at the same time. I need both hands just to type.”
Mary: “I know, that’s why I’m going to carry it on my head, and you can walk right behind me.”
I’d had my hair dyed, professionally this time, and was feeling a bit chagrined at having spent $85 just to have my hair done up wonder-woman black. Mary cheered me up:
“Oh mom, don’t worry about your hair. I love you no matter what your hair looks like. It could be blonde, or brown, or black, or orange, or purple, or green… Your hair could be rainbow and I would STILL love you. Because nothing could ever make me stop loving you.”