Pi Squared

In honor of pi day, we had shepherd's pie for dinner tonight with berry pie for dessert.

Yum!


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Ships Passing in the Night...

I had 3 business trips over the past 7 days (yes, over most of the weekend, too). When I arrived home well after midnight last night, Thomas was waiting up to say hello. Which was especially nice given that he left for Florida first thing this morning to enjoy spring training with the rest of the Fowlkes clan. He'll be gone until Sunday. We should get one week together, before he goes into tech for a week, followed by my travel picking back up in April.

If you're reading this... hi, honey! Carter and I ate nothing but doughnuts for dinner tonight. (Happy Fat Tuesday!).

Galveston Trip

We had a great president's day weekend in Galveston -- despite several of us being sick, and the weather providing fog so thick that we couldn't even see the water from our beach house some of the time! The big kids got along really well, and Emily kept us adults entertained.

Valentine's

No, our heart-shaped dinner on the 13th did not replace our traditional valentines dinner. We did that, too!

We Heart Dinner

More specifically we heart heart-shaped burgers, sweet potatoes and fried green tomatoes!



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I'm not that Parent, Right? Right?

I was reminded of a classic comedy stand-up bit from Eddie Murphy today as Carter and I were at the grocery store (while Eli is stuck somewhere between Maine and Boston). It is worth the watch before reading on, but beware it isn't kid friendly. For those of you in my age bracket, you will likely recall it as the McDonalds vs. Homemade White Bread Hamburger bit from "Raw."

http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/nx0

While Carter did not ask specifically for McDonalds, (though he does that more and more often now and rarely gets his wish), we were finishing up the grocery shopping, it was late, the store was about to close early for renovations so it was crowded, poorly stocked, and full of contractors itching to get going once all these pesky shoppers got out of their way. We were in the last aisle, frozen foods, where was I re-stocking our depleted ice cream stores, and Carter, of course, spies this "fun" dinner:

After several minutes of cajoling, discussing, distracting, ignoring, I finally managed to get us out the door without the Kid Cuisine, but with a promise to make this dinner at home (pizza, corn, chocolate something). Fine, pizza isn't ideal but it's still better than this frozen meal. I knew I had corn and figured I could wing a chocolate something. Feeling confident as we got home, Carter races to the kitchen and says "Where are the sprinkles shaped like stars? Like on the box? You said we were making what was on the box!" I think my parent-of-the-year response was something like "Wha.....?" More cajoling, discussing, distracting, ignoring and voila! Fun dinner just like on the box!

No sprinkles, but Oreos can hold their own in the "fun" category apparently, so all was well. He ate every bit and even seemed to have a little fun while doing it.

Thinking back to Eddie Murphy, I'm not that parent, right? Right?

Salad Days

Apparently Carter has been learning about healthy eating at school recently. Today he told me that carrots make you strong and the ONLY healthy foods are apples and broccoli.

I asked him if the salad he was having for dinner was healthy...



"No," he said, "just crunchy."

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5 Day School Week?

Want to know how long it's been since Carter's school was open 5 days in a row?

Since the week of December 6th.

Yeah. I have high hopes for next week.

Vocabulary

Occasionally Carter will use a word that wows me. I usually forget to share them with you, but here is today's:

In the parking lot at the grocery store, I was trying to get Carter to hold my hand as he navigated over some ice. Instead of grasping my hand, he used the cars for support and said, "I don't need to hold your hand. I'm being resourceful!"

Snow Day

This snow day actually provided snow, and winter activities!

Sledding

 Maple Syrup Real Snow Cones!

Yes, that's Carter in a Spiderman costume with enhanced pecs. It's the only thing he wears indoors these days...

Also - I was supposed to be headed to Maine today (and then drive to Boston on Wednesday). Needless to say, that didn't happen. Between the Atlanta storm and the upcoming northeastern one, I'm not sure if I'll make it out this week or not!