June « 2010 « Butterscotch Sundae

The Butterscotch League

  • MrPlayfair (Tom)
  • The Crimson Cats (Rockford)
  • Dillon Lions (Nichole)
  • Howling Wolf (Mark)
  • GoDawgs! (Chris)
  • Blue Moo (Genia)
  • Hippowdon (Sam, I think)
  • Honolulu Blue (Perry Mason)

I'm updating the fantasy college football rankings by hand every week. You know what would be awesome, Yahoo? A widget that would do this automatically.

In brief

This Day Last Year

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Papa’s favorite ribs

A lesson in marketing

Poppy: Mommy! Guess what Grandma got me? She got me … what did you the Danimals crush cups?

Me, after a bit of pondering: A gimmick?

P: Yes! Grandma got me gimmick macaroni. It’s Scooby-Doo!

I'm working toward an all-grill menu plan

Monday: Grilled chicken.
My sister-in-law makes great, simple grilled chicken. Poppy spent last week at their house, and she actually ate it — after being told that she couldn’t have a brownie if she didn’t. “It was good,” she said, “and it had vitamins in it, and it was good for my body. And it tasted

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And now we have a playroom!

We went ahead with the plan to move the kids into one room, and so far it’s working out well. Petey took a very long nap in his “big boy bed” yesterday, and they both slept well last night — after a good bit of giggling and small talk. They were up rather early this

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To share or not to share?

Here’s an equation I’ve been puzzling over lately:
3x(2y)+h=s

wherein:
x = the numbers of bedrooms in our house
y = the number of children in our family
h = homeschooling
s = where, precisely, is the homeschooling going to take place?

We’ve been doing our schoolwork at the kitchen table and on the couch. It’s worked out fine, but I’d like

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We had 'Lotso' fun at 'Toy Story 3'

Our first family movie-going experience went so very well. The kids were riveted, and there was only minor squirrelyness from Petey. One of us had to wipe away some tears, but I won’t reveal that gentle soul’s identity to you. Here’s what the kids thought:

(There are some very minor spoilerish statements below.)

Poppy: “It was

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A landmark occasion on the horizon

Monday: Grilled pork sliders.
We had these last week, too, and they were equal parts easy and tasty. Rockford and Petey gave them high marks and requested them again this week.

Tuesday: Tacos.
Tuesdays are supposed to be Kids’ Choice days, but the kids were napping when I made my list this weekend. It was Pete’s turn to

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Perry Mason vs. the chicken sandwich

Remember how much my dad likes ribs? My brother is the same way with chicken sandwiches. Well, that may not be true. But it sounds good. And he did call me the other day to say, “Today’s the day!” To which I said, “What day?” And he said, “Chick-fil-A spicy chicken sandwich day!”

Obviously, I

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Baby had a bad, bad dream

Poppy’s been doing much better with the staying-in-bed thing. We made a chart with 10 spaces for stickers on it, and she gets a sticker every morning that she wakes up in her own bed. Once she gets 10 stickers, she’s going to get a trip to Build-a-Bear. And, of course, a bear. She has

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