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'Tis the Season

to elf yourself, of course. alas, there was only room for five elves, so i spared steve. your welcome, hon. i just am so entertained by these. the children will be hard to pry away from these posts in the morning. enjoy!

For the "Traditionalists"

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For... Your Amusement

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For Uncle Jonny & Aunt Jenna

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For Grammy Slice

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Go Exploring

don't know if you ever let your eyes wander to the sidelines of my blog, but i've been "working" (it's really all playtime for me) on updating the blogroll. i've gotten rid of some that i thought would be interesting but i actually never check. and i've added some new ones i've come across today. i expect this list will be fluid, changing as i change, as my moods change, as the seasons change. i'll see how this new list suits me, which links i actually enjoy checking often, which ones get ignored. so, if/when you have time, feel free to explore. 

This Is Fun

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o. my. goodness.

i was perusing the 'freely educate' site and came across a link to the 'kiddie records weekly' site. all i can say is wow. i am so gleeful. :o) see my big cheeser? these are probably a little before my time, but both steve & i fondly remember listening to these or similar versions. remember "wait for the bell to turn the page?" i introduced cyrus & shelby to them the other day, and i was rather surprised at how much they loved them. one story they listened to didn't even have any pictures to go along with it, and they just stood by the computer for 15+minutes entranced with it. we will definitely be visiting these classics more.

      

Sting Things

i've been wondering for some time now if i really knew my stuff on all those flying stinging things. of course, i don't know about ALL of them. but i've found out i knew pretty well those kinds i run into frequently. the other evening we saw a lone hornet out on the deck. down at gramma's i saw a scad of iridescent blue-black mud wasps. i learned a funny thing about yellow jackets. they live in the ground usually (like dan & sandy know). i read that if you cover the entrance (hole in the ground) of their nest with a glass bowl at night, they will become confused in the daytime as to why they can't go toward the light for food. instead of burrowing out another way, they will starve to death. huh. how 'bout that? and the last one i looked up was the regular ol' wasp. then i had to google their nests cuz i was curious about that, too. came across this bug guide that looks pretty cool. alright, all things buggie are out of my mind now.

Crap For Crap

i'm probably behind the times here, but i went to nintendo's site to browse the wii games, and who did appear? but his royal emailness, strongbad. movin' up pretty high in the world, eh?