Strange boy

We are moving from Ethan looking at any new food suspiciously to this new Ethan who tries things based on dares or looks of revulsion on my face. This week the new breakfast treat is toast with peanut butter, nutella, jam and hummus. I agreed to do the first 3, but I put my foot down at adding the hummus, so Jason is on toast duty. Maybe I should employ hummus as a method to get Ethan to eat his salad....

An "I told you so" moment

So several months ago Jason injured his shoulder doing one of his sports. Being a guy, he self-treated with hot tubs and aspirin and heating pads. It ebbed and flow. He got to a point around xmas where he claimed it was all better. Well, last week he finally admitted that it was not, in fact, getting better, so he saw his doctor. His doctor said it was inflamed and referred him to a physical therapist. The PT game him some exercises to do and said he would be talking to the doctor about getting an MRI, that possibly there was some torn something or others that could need to be surgically fixed.

Biting tongue, biting tongue (and not at all excited about having a convalescent spouse around the house)....

But after the man superglued a cut on his chin and used a popsicle stick as a splint on his finger it's about time he actually seek a real doctor.... I'm just saying...

Pray like you've never prayed before...

Jason keeps having to take unpaid weeks off from work. Yesterday, day 1, he spent with his unemployed buddy doing pub crawls. All day. Today, after I specifically told him that I would be hopping in the shower when I returned from dropping Ethan off to school, he hopped in the shower when I got home. Grrrr!!! 3 more days of this....

We are the champions... kinda sorta

Our trivia team ("The Whole Fist"--no, I didn't pick it and it could be worse....) has won a prize at the annual trivia Clash of the Titans. We are not Titans, mind you. Our trophy is for "Best Bridesmaids", you know: getting close and occasionally winning, but mostly just showing up almost every week and getting average scores. Yay us... 

Speaking of which, last night we tied for 3rd and there were only like 8 teams playing. Sigh. 

Finished, more or less

Finally finished the website remodel I took on, er, 4 months ago. Well, it looks good and I'm quite pleased with it. It is a little buggy in Internet Explorer versions 4, 5.5 and 6 (grrrrr! Why can't everyone upgrade?!), but looks byoo-teeful in Safari and Firefox.

http://www.foothillssoccer.org/

Also check out the before: http://www.foothillssoccer.org/about.htm

Yes, he is a genius!

Ethan created this from mini marshmallows and toothpicks at after-school care. He intended to eat it, but after it sat on the counter for a couple of days, thankfully he forgot to.

My cat loves me, he really loves me (more salt, please!)

What's Worse?

That if you put your teeth in Gatorade and Coke for 3 days they will look like the above, or the fact that Jason saved his wisdom teeth??? Kyra's science fair project is to see what happens when teeth are left in liquids for a period of time. She is using Gatorade, Coke, lemonade and tap water. Surprisingly (to me, anyway), her tap water tooth weighed in at a tenth of a gram less yesterday, after 3 days of the study. She's doing 6 days total.

So if you've ever gone to bed without brushing your teeth after drinking one of these beverages, be warned!