What I Just Heard

From Tjabe: "Maggie's gonna have balls."

He was referring to the cupcake with round sprinkles on it vs. the one with oblong sprinkles, but he was probably right in either case.

What I Just Heard

From the kids while they were making and eating breakfast:

Tjabe - "Super trooper, lights are gonna find me, but I won't be blue, cause somewhere in the crowd there's you."

Maggie - "Shining like the sun..."

They're being raised on Abba, by the way.

Best Food-in-the-Nose Story Yet

Tonight Maggie and Tjabe were goofing around during dinner, putting rice on (and in) their noses and completely playing off each other. We were discussing with them why it's not wise to put things up your nose, and why it's not polite to play like this at the table (I feel like we've had these lectures before...), and we were focusing mostly on Tjabe, since we're working with him on being a good example for Maggie. When we finished and glanced back at Maggie, she was sitting quietly, looking around with a "look at me" smile and waiting for us to pay attention to her. She had stuck a shrimp, tail first, up one nostril, and the body was poking out like a lopsided rhinoceros. I wish I could have gotten a picture, but I was laughing so hard I was crying and Sam was trying to lecture her with a straight face, while scowling at me for my lack of support.

Tjabe's cooking debut

Tjabe likes to play around in the kitchen, and sometimes when I'm making dinner I'll let him experiment with his own recipes. Tonight we got it for everyone to enjoy. Here's the recipe he created:

Sugar Chips:

1 triangle cut from an uncooked tortilla

1/4 t. poultry seasoning

1/4 t. salt

1/4 t. beef bouillon powder

1 t. sugar

Cook the tortilla, then sprinkle the remaining ingredients onto the middle of it. Spread out the sugar and enjoy.

I should mentioned that I only cooked the tortilla and provided the videography. And a little counsel with the quantities ("Whoa buddy! I think that may be way too much!" when he wanted to use 3 teaspoons of bouillon).