Easter Fun At Grandma Rose's

Kate's Science Fair Project

Kate is such an interesting child. She is sweet, thoughtful, deeply caring, sensitive, smart, quirky, and unique. She recently decided to research "brain freeze" for her school science fair project. After some research and study she was able to focus in on the question "Does brain freeze go away faster if you put your tongue on the roof of your mouth?" An incredible local frozen yogurt store called "Kiwi Loco" let her come to their store one night last week and subject willing customers to "brain freeze". They donated 50 little cups of yogurt and even posted a Facebook invitation to help her out. Talk about generous and supportive. Wow!! We are so grateful! Her science fair is next week, but we though you might enjoy seeing some of her pictures...

Something About Being the Youngest...

Are your youngest kids just hilarious? Something about feeling SO very sure of yourself and your place at the very center of the universe gives you the freedom to be ... I don't know ... larger than life, I guess. Jack is developing more and more a sense of humor, and loves to make everyone else laugh. He is starting to understand puns and double meanings, and gets a kick out of the silly things that little boys get a kick out of (like bodily functions). Truly, he is the sun in my universe on many days! Here's one of the many conversations that illustrate why:

Jack: Kate, quit tracing me... (said in a rather annoyed voice)

Kate: I'm not tracing you (i.e., what the heck are you talking about?)

Jack: I mean, quit COPYING me!

Love, love, love how a five year old's mind works. :)

Here are just a couple of cute moments I've caught him in during the past couple of months.

* One is him grabbing a quick drink from the bathroom faucet, sans cup --

* Another is after a long day of play, he literally collapsed in a heap on my bed with his hat still perched on his head. He didn't even wake up when I put his jammies on him.

* The last few are of another sleepy moment that started out as the scare of my life... I hadn't seen him for a while so I went looking for him. I called his name, yelled outside, walked through the house, walked around the block, checked the backyard, ran through the house yelling his name, panicked, panicked a little more, stopped, said a prayer, calmed down, and noticed him in the corner, tucked between his train table and the wall, fast asleep -- as calm as you please. What a turkey!