I bet you didn't know that, did you? That's right, adhesive tape was invented 76 years ago today. Yep, we bought one of those doofy books that has all kinds of bizarre holidays to "celebrate." I've been telling James that I needed some ideas of things to DO with the kids. They ask several times a day, "Mom, what are we going to do now?" Boredom is the worst thing in the world for a kid. They fight and argue and are just generally unhappy when they're bored. So I've been trying to think of some things to DO with them beyond school and baking and the usual chores. I think this book will help a lot, weird as it seems. It has activities and crafts and foods for every "holiday" in the book! Today we examined our fingerprints by smearing pencil lead on our fingers, then transfering it over to Scotch tape and putting it onto a piece of paper. Then the kids had to piece a homemade puzzle together and tape it in place so Katie could read where to find a special treat I'd hidden: "Under the couch." Then the book said to give each other "face lifts" using the tape. Here are a couple of pictures.



Saturday is bath and curler day - so Katie can be pretty for Sunday services, in case you're wondering about her total appearance. The pictures really don't to justice to how they really looked. Here's a close-up of Joe that's a little better.

I should've taken pictures of them after we ripped the tape off of them so you could've seen them all red and spotchy with tear streaks running down their cheeks. Who's idea was this again?! I bet the lady who wrote that book as been sued by now.

Let's see... What else is new around here? Not much. There are still 5 gallon buckets of paint sitting around in my office, waiting for a cool day. "Cool" being defined as any day not reaching 95 degrees. UGH. I was not cut out for weather like this. And it's only May. I may create a new trend of hibernating in the summertime.

Sam & Tammy have come over a few times to play games this week, so that's been fun. Except that Sam ALWAYS WINS. His winning streak is uncanny. It's almost as eerie as my mother's ability to continuously win games that she doesn't even understand. Of course, Sam is SOOOOOOOO S-L-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-W that Tammy and I get distracted doing other things while we're waiting for him to take his turn and he probably has all the liberty in the world to CHEAT because we've either been lulled to sleep by boredom or we're preoccupied with other things. That's my conclusion. Of course, the only other possibility is that I'm just a LOSER, but I prefer to think that my Mom and Sam are just plain lucky. Yeah, that sits much better with me. :-)

Speaking of Sam & Tammy, here's a picture of them! Tammy had my cousin Stacey trim her hair a few weeks ago and Stacey decided to straighten it, too, just for fun. I made a special trip to their house just to see it! (Is that kind of like going to the circus to see a bearded lady?! You know -- a freak show???) Sam LOVED it. Tammy was anxious to wash it and get it back to normal. Tammy "Lewis" Kaufman with straight hair... too weird!

Okay, that's it from my little corner of the world. I just put the kids down for a nap and I think I may go join them. ~aaaahhh~ Makes me feel better just thinking about it!

~Becki~