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[mommydama]

I'm sick. I think my eyeballs may pop out of my head from the sinus pressure. And my throat is killing me. On the up side, and this makes NO sense at all, after SIX ENTIRE DAYS of laryngitis so bad I could literally NOT talk without straining...I can talk today. I'm hoarse, but I can talk. I think all the crap that was in my chest for the last week moved to my head today, so sleeping should be loads of fun tonight.

In celebration of my sinus pressure and general sicky-ness...for dinner I made a fairly spicy chicken and white bean chili and moaned while eating it (don't get excited, I used a McCormick seasoning packet, it wasn't anything really cool). I love chili so much. Every kind of chili I've ever had. Unfortunately no one else in this house does. Brad choked it down, Zoe and Luci ate a few bites, Mari couldn't get past the dab she condescended to put on her tongue. Oh well. I make chili maybe twice a year because everyone here hates it. But hey, when I'm sick I'm making what *I* want for once, capice!? I had to stop to blow my nose about 10 times, but I ate two bowls and I'm very happy right now.

We went to the Natural History Museum today. This was Zoe's birthday trip really. We've been promising we would take her to the dinosour museum for her birthday for ages. It was really a lot of fun, though all three girls got whiney and tired. They are all just as congested as I am and it was a lot of walking for small legs. Heck, it was a lot of walking for my big ole legs! After being gone all day to the museum and then immediately standing over the stove to make dinner, my feet seriously hurt, so I imagine it was pretty exhausting for them.

I have been storing up all these adorable and witty things my girls say lately and now that I'm sitting here at the computer with an opportunity to actually get them down, I can't remember any of them. So, I guess I'll just write about what they did and said at the museum.

They all seemed to like the dinosour display, and were excited to see the lifesize skeletons. T-rex, or as Zoe has dubbed him, Terrible-saurus Rex, was quite thrilling, as was the Triceratops. But the big hit was the Insect Zoo. It really was cool. Some interactive exhibits and lots of seriously gross and awesome bugs. Luci held a giant cockroach from Madagascar. It was almost as big as her hand! She was in awe and just stood there hanging on every word the woman talking about the cockroaches said and wringing her little hands in anticipation of touching the thing again. Mari was absolutely fascinated by the termite display. They didn't have any real termites, but they had a tiny movie screen showing the termites in action and a life-size termite mound the kids could crawl through. Mari had me read every word on the display and the ran off to tell her daddy how there were five kinds of termites in a colony, the queen, the reproductive males (she called him the king on her own) and the secondary reproductive males (second kings), the soldiers, and the workers. She was so cute explaining it all. Zoe just ran from display to display squealing and yelling "MOMMMY! OH GROSS! OH LOOK AT THIS!" She screamed the loudest at the tarantulas because she had asked if they would have tarartulas like in her insect book here at home, and was thrilled to see one in real life. She told me afterward that her favorite part of the museum visit was the millipeeds. That may be the thing I have nightmares about actually...

I need to go clean up dinner dishes, but I will leave you with the conversation I JUST over heard between Brad and Zoe...(warning: small discussion of gender differences here)

Zoe: Daddy, how do you know Buster (our cat) is a boy?
Brad: Well, boys have certain parts and girls have certain parts.
Zoe: *laughs* You mean Buster has a squirter thing?
Brad: Sort of...(and then under his breath to no one in particular) Yeah, the difference between boys and girls is the...squirter thing.

o_O

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[altarflame.livejournal.com]

I really love chili, but I've only had, like...chili chili. Do you have a recipe for white bean and chicken chili? It's hard for me to get past the notion that that is actually...soup of some sort O_o

Changing subject; you guys would love it around here :p Isaac runs around naked all the time and has been known to do things like tuck his "parts" in between his legs and run around asking everyone "Where's my penis? Where's my penis?"

As for dinosaurs, my favorite is the Jakeosaurus. His roar is ferocious.

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...my recipe was really tough. Cut up some chicken breasts in chunks and brown them in a little oil. Add a packet of McCormicks White Chicken Chili seasoning, a can of white beans, and can of diced tomatoes. Simmer for 10 minutes. It is all on the back of the McCormicks seasoning packet. Heh. It was really good though. I ate it with grated cheddar cheese and tortilla chips. Brad added sour cream.

I think we would all pee our pants hanging out with Isaac. He is hilarious.

I'd love to see a Jakesoaurus sometime...

[altarflame.livejournal.com]

I've actually never made chili of any sort, myself. Grant is the Chili Man, around here, and when he does it it's a wild bonanza involving piles and piles of fresh peppers and tomatoes of all sorts, canned beans and tomatoes in what seems to be every variety they sell, half the spices in our cabinet, ground beef, and so on. He always makes it in this giant, competition sized crock pot that we then eat every meal out of for days. We usually do ritz crackers with cream cheese on them with chili - YUM.

I, on the other hand, HAVE been known to buy a can of Hormel chili to pour over hotdogs while we're camping ;) ...Actually that sounds pretty good right now...



I was thinking, it would be way harder to introduce penises (penii?) to little girls, without male siblings running around, getting changed, taking baths. I don't know that I'd ever do it if the only way was through...google image searches or something? For whatever reason all of our kids see me naked or changing fairly regularly, but not Grant. It just seems "different".

[moobabe.livejournal.com]

We've had chili twice in the past couple of weeks, though not white chili. I haven't had that in ages, but it's yummy!

Hope you feel better soon! LMK when you do--we really need to try to get together! (For real, this time! ;)

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

Haha! I don't think we'll ever be better! At least it feels that way. But...yes. With all the holiday stuff, I know it will be tough, but I would be really sad if I missed getting to see you in "real life".

[sarakate.livejournal.com]

Mmmm chili. My favorite cheap fast chili is a pound of browned ground beef, plus two cans of Ranch Style Beans and two cans of tomato sauce and a big spoonful of chili powder, simmered for a good long while (although you *can* eat it as soon as the canned stuff gets warmed through). It's even better the next day! I used to eat a ton of that when I was in college and shortly thereafter -- when I moved to Michigan, I made my dad ship me a case of Ranch Style Beans because they don't have them up there. :)

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

Just chili powder huh? I'll have to try that. I like the Ranch Style Beans too. Do you get the pinto or kidney beans?

[sarakate.livejournal.com]

It's been so long since I've made it (I don't cook anymore -- Bob does) that I didn't even know there was a choice! The original Ranch Style Beans, which I'm pretty sure are pintos.