Understanding Jibberish (Cont'd)

What is a foo-fah-set?

Answer: Screwdriver

You know you're a mommy when... (4.11.11)

You suddenly have the ability to understand jibberish.  Case in point...

Ha-tet = Helicopter

Die = Car

Shoo shoo = Tissue OR Choo Choo

See-Yo = Cereal OR Cheerio

Neena = Noodle

The sound it makes when you say "Buh" while moving your tongue back and forth across your lips = Banana

Foo-Fah-Set = I bet you can't get this one.  If you have a guess, enter it in the 'Comments.'  :-)

What's the 411?

Apparently it's National Cheese Fondue Day!  Who knew?  In case you weren't able to get a reservation at a participating Melting Pot restaurant (click here for more information and for a last minute attempt at reservations) to get your FREE cheese fondue between 4/11 and 4/14, you can always make your own (that is, if you happen to own a fondue pot)!  If you ever needed a reason to celebrate some cheesy goodness, 4/11 is your day!

Jim and I bought a fondue pot a few months ago in order to start a new Christmas Eve/Andrew's birthday tradition of a fondue night and it was a huge hit!  We did a cheddar/beer cheese fondue followed by a Creme de Menthe chocolate fondue.  So yummy.  Here is a great site for cheese fondues. http://www.bestfondue.com/beer-cheddar-fondue.html
Here are a few of The Melting Pot's best kept secrets. 3 Recipes from The Melting Pot

You know you're a mommy when... (4.7.11)

sometimes you don't care how big a mess you're going to have to clean up as long as it's keeping your kid busy, quiet and in one place for a few minutes.

Youtube is a gold mine

A friend recently posted a link on her Facebook to Jason Mraz's appearance on Sesame Street singing "Outdoors."  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrqF7yD10Bo)  Being a big fan of his clever lyrics and wordplay, I obviously couldn't resist checking it out and what I discovered (in addition to an entertaining video) was a whole world of celebrity appearances on Sesame Street, Wow Wow Wubbzy, etc.  Andrew loves them!  Gotta love Youtube for some easy, free and *sometimes* educational entertainment!  Here are a few of his (our) favorites!  Please let me know if you find any other good ones!

Feist sings "1, 2, 3, 4" on Sesame Street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ9WiuJPnNA

Beyonce on Wow Wow Wubbzy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNYBU9zllug

We actually have this song on a Kids CD someone made for Andrew (thanks, Cindy!) and the other day while driving in the car, I turned it off to put the radio on.  Then I heard from the backseat, "What happened?  I like that song."  Who knew my son was a Beyonce fan?!

Adam Sandler's "Song About Elmo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py2f38iPBeI&feature=relmfu

Preschool Musical Parody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGMB7Rn8KGE

Katy Perry and Elmo "Hot N Cold" (I know this one is controversial because of what Katy Perry is wearing, but this is actually Andrew's favorite and he has no idea that she's wearing a revealing top so I play it for him anyway) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHROHJlU_Ng

For a listing of all celebrity guests on Sesame Street, click here http://www.sesamestreet.org/onair/celebrityguests

You know you're a mommy when... (4.2.11)

you go to Target to buy storage bins and leave with 2 books, Mickey Mouse crayons and some plastic Easter eggs (from the Dollar Section), a couple of t-shirts, a pair of pants (they were on clearance) and a new Phillies hat for your son, Gazillion Bubbles refills, 2 beach towels... oh, and storage bins.

They're not perfect, but I'm proud of them.

No, I'm not talking about my wonderful kiddos, although the same is true for them.  I'm referring to my little project...  I'm not sure if I should call it a 'craft' or what because I'm really not crafty, but I decided to make these for Ainsley's room a few months ago and my fairly simple project that should have taken me a day or 2 took about 2 months.

I ran into a few obstacles along the way.  #1.  I bought cheap frames at Walmart and wanted to spray paint the frame matting green.  I learned not to do this on a windy day outside because before the paint could dry, leaves and bugs were stuck to the paint.  I had to spray again and then take it inside to fully dry.  #2.  When spray-painting a plastic stencil (they only came in blue), be sure to buy spray paint made for plastic.  The first time it was all splotchy and uneven and I had to buy new stencils and spray paint.  #3.  Make sure you measure to see if the stencil will actually fit in the matting.  The stencil (which I had finally finished) ended up being too small to fit in the matting.  I had to improvise and add the pink borders.  #4.  It's not a good idea to leave the finished product on the floor next to a can of Lysol because little hands can get ahold of the Lysol and saturate the picture so much that the matting gets stained and needs to be spray painted all over again!   Despite all of the snags, they are finally ready to hang!

Now let's see how long it takes to actually get them on the walls.

ps.  Before I fool you into thinking that I am the creative genius that came up with this fun easy idea, I should confess that it wasn't mine.  I saw the concept on someone else's blog (she apparently IS crafty because she was clever enough to think of it!).  It was a random person's blog and I can't even remember whose or how I ended up there so I'm sorry for not being about to give specific credit where credit is due.  Hopefully this creative stranger will forgive me.  Afterall, imitation is the best form of flattery.