July 2009
15 posts
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A Day of Culture
We joined some of our friends from MOPS for a fun outing this morning. After making everyone miss the train because I couldn’t find the station and sweating on the platform for 20 or 30 minutes, we were off to downtown. We had a yummy lunch, took in the Dallas Museum of Art and another train ride. The day was lots of fun. But, I have to be honest, any place where the only two rules are:...
Can I Freeze Eggs?
That is what I googled this morning after I found several frozen eggs in the carton. Apparently the way back of my fridge gets really cold. I went to crack one and it was frozen solid inside. The next one was already cracked from expansion and I had to run it under water to get the shell to come off. They took a little while to thaw in the bowl so that I could scramble them but all in all they...
Happy 4th of July
We had a fun filled family weekend that included our AC breaking on Friday afternoon. It’s still not working on the bedroom side of the house. Before you get too worried, we are surviving and finding ways to stay cool. Hopefully the problem will be resolved soon. Anyway, amidst all of our celebrating, we discussed the significance of the day and the kid’s responses were surprising.
Couch Potato
Usually when watching a video, the kids go practically comatose, melting into the sofa cushions and only blinking when the end credits start rolling. But this is kind of a new TV watching position.
Down for the count
Last week was so busy. For some people that is normal. Not for us. We’re pretty laid back and go with the flow. That is all code, of course, for “we’re pretty boring”. But last week we had VBS every day, two evening social gatherings, I had to work twice and Chad had a free lance job on the weekend. We were all pretty pooped by weeks end. To top it off, Carter was too...