Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Yes, this really just happened in our house.  This morning, Luke was eating his oatmeal when he said, “Hey!  Look!” and pulled a baby tooth out of his mouth.  I know, you’re thinking, “What’s so strange about that?  Luke’s been loosing teeth for a while now?”  Keep reading.

He asked for a paper towel to stop the bleeding.  I brought him one.  The only problem was that he couldn’t locate the new “hole” where the bleeding needed stopping.  I looked in his mouth.  He looked in his mouth in the mirror.  There just was not a new hole anywhere.  There was a hole, to be sure, but it was from the tooth he lost previously.

Just then, Emma, who had been out of the room, came to the table and when we told her the story, she said, “Oh, we must be eating steel cut oats, then.”  When I asked her why she said that, she said, “Well, on Saturday, I found Luke’s tooth on the window sill and I gave it to Bo-Bo to look at.  But she accidentally dropped it into the bucket of steel cut oats.  She and Foofie were digging and digging in the bucket, but they couldn’t find it.”

Ah ha!  Another mystery solved.  Matt had opened the bucket of steel cut oats on Saturday and we had discovered steel cut oats all over the floor of the foyer and the library … and powdery footprints and handprints on the sofa.  But in the end, the only explanation we got was “Bo-Bo”.  We had missed the back story until today.

So, apparently, Matt scooped out steel cut oats from the five gallon bucket this morning and cooked them (along with Luke’s tooth) which wound up in Luke’s oatmeal and discovered in Luke’s mouth!  There’s one for the books!

What We Will Do for Free Food

Well, our blog has been quiet for a while, because I’ve been a bit low on energy recently … but it’s for a good cause!  We’re excitedly expecting a new addition to our family in February (or, as we say around here, “Sometime near Foofie’s birthday”)!  Nannie (my mom) has been coming over to help, which has been a great blessing and always a highlight of our week.  But today, we used our extra “man power” in a slightly different way.

Nannie and Uncle Joshua helped us to pull off a lunchtime trip to our Chester Chick-fil-A all dressed as cows so we could each get a free meal!  I think we got about $50 worth of free food, and the children had a wonderful time.  Foofie has exclaimed a number of times that, “This was my bestest day ever!!” and at least half a dozen times before and during dinner, Bo-Bo just looked up from her food and said, “Mama!  Big cow!” (the Chick-fil-A cow came over to greet and high-five us while we were waiting in line).

Sometimes a tired mama needs help with laundry or food prep.  But sometimes she needs help making memories and having fun with her “herd”!  All in all, a wonderful day.  And as soon as I post these pictures, I’m ready to crash for the evening!


(As usual click on the link to see more pics … including a couple that include Nannie!)