Eyes in the back of my head

My kids have believed for some time now that I have eyes in the back of my head. They can't figure out how I know wha they are doing when I am not looking right at them, so I offhandedly told them it was the eyes in the back of my head. Then one day Sela wants me to wear piggy tails... and I ask why.
She says, "So I can see the eyes in the back of your head!"

They keep moving my hair trying to catch a glimpse.

Sela even starts to ask me how I knew she was doing something, will catch herself, and say, "I Knoooww the eyes in the back of your head."

They are soo funny.

Recycled Crayon Valentines!

 

I saw a number of blog posts for recycling crayons recently, and one Make and Take that suggested Valentine's Cards... so we whipped these up for Zach and Sela to take for their Valentines cards. We used the gazillion restaurant crayons that they always HAVE to take, when we leave - which is better than tossing them - but I was thinking we would be buried in Red, Blue and Yellow crayons until this great project came along!


I used a silicone heart baking tray, we broke the crayons in pieces, heated them up to 300, watched them melt, pulled them out, let them cool, and repeated until we have 48 beautiful chunky crayons for their Valentines! Easy Peasy!

Zach's new Z Journal

 

Check out Zach's awesome journal and colored pencil holder that the ever-talented Cathy made for him for his Birthday. Zach decided to give money to Save the Whales, instead of getting gifts - but I know he still enjoys getting a few gifts, and this one was an extreme hit!

 

This was his first story in his Z Journal - let me translate, "
One upon a time there was a giant monster that eats girls. (Sela was bugging him that day, apparently!) Ir smashes houses and eats 50 girls fo a snack, it eats 1000 girls for meals, and sometimes for holidays it eats 10,000 in one day.

He thought he was pretty funny talking about a monster that eat girls.

 

This is Sela's Picture.
From Right to Left
Papa, Me, Sela, Nama, Anna, Uncle Tom, Mark, Sheba, and Zach
That would be God in the clouds looking over us.

Thank you Cathy for giving them such thoughtful and lovely gifts!

Zach's Birthday

Zach had an awesome birthday at reCREATE. We decorated rubberband propelled boats that my Dad cut out of scrap wood. Mark sanded and primed them, and we let the kids go to town! When they were done decorating we had a little boat race.... Zach won. He said, "The rules didn't say I couldn't give it a little push!"

It was his best birthday yet!

 

Our Little Entrepreneur

 

On Saturday, as Sela was cleaning up her room she came across a bunch of Hello Kitty rings she had left over from her birthday party. She got a piece of paper and asked me to help her "make a sign to sell them."

so She got paper and wrote out H (Upper case or lower case H?
E (uppercase or lower case E?...
L

Her sign said Hello Kitty Rings

Then she asked me to put a price of $2.00 each. I asked her is she meant 25 cents each. She said confidently, "No I want to sell them for $2.00 each."

"Who are you going to sell them to?", I asked.

"Little girls from around our neighborhood." (there are very few...)

So she set up shop, and waited patiently.

Zach came around with 50 cents Mark had given him to go buy a ring, and she happily lowered the price to sell one.
Then she sold Mark one for $.50, and me one for $.50. Then Mark asked if he could buy one more, and she said, "no. One is enough for you. I need them for the other little girls who are going to come by."

A bit later I asked if I could buy her inventory for $2.00 - and again - she said no. She would rather close up shop and keep her inventory for a different day!

I think I see a future in high end sales...