0mg caffeine

Maybe I shouldn't write about this, because I
know it's going to make me look incredibly
stupid, but it's too funny to keep it to myself.

My daughter and I were in the grocery store
yesterday and she was looking at a power bar
thing. We were arguing about whether or
not it had caffeine in it. She said it
didn't, but I thought it probably did. So
I took the package from her and I pointed
to the "0mg Caffeine", and I said, "See,
look it's got OMG (Oh My God) Caffeine!"

I think I spend too much time on the computer.

It reminded me of something funny I saw at
her school a few months ago. The 2nd graders
wrote hints to things that were hidden under
a flap. One of the things under the flap
was a macaw. A kid wrote a hint saying,
"It lives in the Amazon.com".

Praying Mantids

A few weeks ago I purchased a praying mantis
egg sac. They hatched this morning!

Although I didn't count them, there are usually
200 - 300 mantids per egg.

The neighbor boy was looking at them and asked,
"Did you name them all?"

Just hatched:

They must not be hungry when they first hatch because
they aren't eating each other yet. They also aren't
eating aphids or wet cat food. (According to something
on the internet, they will eat wet cat food.)

I'll name this one. I'll call her Nora. Someday
Nora will devour her mate. I told Nora that if she
is a he, it would be in his best interest to seriously
consider celibacy.

One Adult, One car, Four 5th Grade Girls

I helped drive part of my daughter's class to
an end of the year party located at a state park
45 minutes away....

4 girls, all screaming, er um, excuse me, singing
Hannah Montana songs as loudly as they could. That
was the ride there. Our time at the park was quite
nice despite the rain and cold. (Hello? It's June
and 50 degrees. WTH?) They played softball, ate
lunch, and played Capture the Flag. I got tons of
great photos, but of course won't be posting pictures
of other people's kids on the internet.

Not unlike the drive there, the drive home included
lots of screaming. This time it was at the carload
of boy classmates ahead of us and the carload of
boy classmates behind us.

Children's books

Oh how I love them.

I just got The Story of Ferdinand
yesterday. I have no idea how this one got
by me when G was little. We read so many books,
but never this one. It was first published in
1936. It's a great story, and the illustrations
are fantastic.