Mother's Day Update

The Mother's Day Tea was awesome! Owen greeted me at the door with a shiny silver necklace that he placed around my neck before taking me by the hand and leading me to the table where we would be sitting. He had decorated the table with a place mat that he had made for me, a tomato plant he had grown for me, and a beautiful card that he had made me. It was a very fancy tea, pretty teapots and linen tablecloths. The grade 5 class were our server's. They did an excellent job and took very good care of all of the mom's. I was not thinking, and am kicking myself for not bringing my camera, I was probably too traumatized by the Rice Krispie Squares.

Ahhh yes, the Rice Krispie squares. They did not turn out well. They were so hard and crispy that I almost broke a tooth when I tried one out. Seriously. I could not figure out what the heck I did wrong. Then suddenly a light bulb went off. I used a 4 cup measure, my brain thought I was using a 2 cup measure. I had put in far too many Rice Krispie's! But, it was too late to make something else, so I brought them anyways, warning Owen to stay away from that particular plate of goodies. Fortunately when I got to the school I was one of the first ones there and was able to slip the plate onto the food table without anyone noticing. No one knew that I brought them! Later on Owen pointed out to me the plate that we needed to avoid in a five year old "whisper". I pretended to not know what he was talking about.

On Sunday we headed to the park to have a picnic with some friends. Owen was thrilled to have a boy to play with, and he and his friend Tomis spent most of the day wrestling in the grass.


While Maeghan drew with chalk with the twins.

It always amazes me how they are both naturally drawn to doing your typical gender related things. You would never catch Maeghan wrestling with her girlfriends in the grass, or sitting for hours at the skateboard park watching the big boys skate, and while Owen loves little kids and chalk, he definitely prefers the "boy" pursuits of skateboarding and pretend fighting.

Anyways, Jane is coming along, I love how she is turning out, and can't wait to be done! Hopefully I won't get stranded on sleeve island for too long! I should have pictures soon.

P.S. Thanks for all of your wonderful suggestions on cleaning my Krispie pot. I did end up soaking it in hot water and it all came off quite nicely. I do not know where my brain was last week. I will definitely be trying to make them in the microwave next time!