Kate » bamble http://www.katharinewhalen.com Weblog be Sure Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:31:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Lullaby rambling pie time http://www.katharinewhalen.com/lullaby-rambling-pie-time/ http://www.katharinewhalen.com/lullaby-rambling-pie-time/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:30:59 +0000 Kath http://www.katharinewhalen.com/?p=12 My niece will have just turned five by the time she gets in town for a visit. So far in life we are her very favorite place to visit. I think it is because we have a million kids and a crazy dog for her to play with, but selfishly of course I say it is because she loves us! I think it is also because we let her be crazy with us too! Last year when she came for a visit I introduced her to the art of powder sugaring your chocolate chip waffles! It was indeed truly priceless! Now, I make my waffles out of whole wheat of course, so that when we add all the sugary stuff to them we still can feel healthy about them! But, for her the best part is the powdered sugar! I first let her make her own waffle and then it happened! I let her put on her own powdered sugar with a powdered sugar shaker that I have (it works like sprinkles). A few sprinkles and she was hooked, line and sinker! She wanted to shake more and more on, and because I am the world’s best aunt, of course I let her. What cracked me up to pieces though is when she took the shaker from my hand and informed me “I’ll clean that for you” and before I knew it she licked all the sugar off the top of the lid, over and over until it was clean! And, again….because I am a good aunt, I let her!

]]> http://www.katharinewhalen.com/lullaby-rambling-pie-time/feed/ 0 Another wonderful ramble today http://www.katharinewhalen.com/another-wonderful-ramble-today/ http://www.katharinewhalen.com/another-wonderful-ramble-today/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2005 07:01:23 +0000 Kath http://www.katharinewhalen.com/?p=10 When I leave my children at home alone with my husband I always have to prepare myself for the fact that when I return there may be some amount of chaos going on. Now, this chaos that I speak of is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is indeed chaos none the less. Some friends of ours called the other day and asked if we would like to take on their one hundred gallon fish tank. Well, seeing that we had to leave ours behind when we moved across the country, I said yes. So, the tank arrived and after much cleaning and a new set of fish, it was set up nicely in the corner of our living room. I had left to do some shopping and they had all decided to stay home and watch a movie. Sometime during their movie watching experience the light on the tank apparently had started to flicker. The men folk then decided that we needed a new light. After a trip to the store they decided to change out the light. This is the story I got when I came home and found water all over the carpet. The meat behind the story was that one of the boys held the new light while my husband and the others directed him on placement. The light then apparently “jumped” out of my son’s hand and into the water, while it was not only plugged in, but also while it was still in his hand! Of course he is being shocked while they all laugh. The light submerges itself into the tank and of course also shocks and kills half the fish. Needless to say, chaos at its best, and we still need a new light!

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