A bad case of....

A favorite book around here right now is A bad case of Stripes by David Shannon. Today when CJ put this shirt on she said, " this is a bad case of stripes".
When she insisted on this skirt to go along with it, I thought "this is a bad case of what NOT to wear!"Over the weekend we went to the Sharks Arena football game. It was fun, the girls had fun and CJ even went up to the shark and gave him a hug, after reassurance that it would not bite.

Sweet Corn ?!?

Apparently sweet corn season is early down here! And I must confess...I'm a snob, when it comes to my sweet corn. I NEVER buy it at a store. I rarely will buy it at farmer's market. I have such high expectations, I usually just walk by it and not give it a second thought, even though we all love it.
Eric has been inducted into the world of proper sweet corn as well. Shortly after we were married we went out to pick corn for lunch on my parents' farm. First he thought we could just go pick from which ever field we wanted to. Silly, field corn is for animals (or ethanol) Sweet corn is for eating. So as we were out picking, my mom was starting the pot of boiling water. As we were picking I asked how many he wanted and once we got to the number we needed I said it was time to go...he looked at me and said, what about for tomorrow? WHAT??? You don't pick corn before you eat it! You pick it, shuck it in the field then within 10mins of picking, you get it into the pot of boiling water. A very new concept to him...but he didn't grow up with the luxury of his own field to pick from either.
Yesterday was the case lot sale and after finding our supply of TP, CJ and I headed into the store for milk and a few other items. They had sweet corn. Let me blame it on hormones and the 5 for a buck sign, but I bought some...I bought 10 ears! We actually ate 8 of the ears and I cut the corn off the remaining two ears for left overs. It was pretty good...It was better than I expected it to be.

If you ever have a chance to eat sweet corn, fresh, I mean really fresh...you'll see that there is no comparison anywhere and it is really the best, I mean only way to eat sweet corn.

Laurelei loved it so much, one ear at a time wasn't enough for her!

And it was....

I love the guesses, and I had not thought of a few of them. Jo, fairy dust? I like it, but I'm still finding it everywhere and I'm already sick of the smell, so no not this time. And the substance was....baby powder. Way to go Alexis. Thanks to everyone for playing, I'll include your prize in your package I'm sending Alexis.

A contest

So CJ was doing some quiet time today. She typically reads books, plays with her dolls or something like that upstairs. I heard her walking, but being quiet and content. My Mommy Radar was going off, but I was in the middle of my quiet time with a book and hated to give that completely up. So after a few minutes I went to check. I peered up the stairs and noticed it seemed hazy, so I went up a few more steps. CJ got to clean up her mess, but can you guess what my expressive 3 year old used as her medium today? I'll send a prize to the first one to correctly identify the substance...and it won't be what was left in the container, I threw that away. The pictures do not show just how much was everywhere...and as a side note, I was a good mommy today and did not yell at all when I found the mess. I just handed her the supplies to clean it up.