Check this out:

I digress, as this is not a post about my kids, but a fabulous idea from a fabulous old friend. (Old as in from my past, not old as in she is (or I am for that matter) to be considered "old."

Check out: The Mina Project then...

QUICK! Support my friend's effort. Mandy and Josh combined the money they received and joined forces with coworkers to create a cookbook called "Mina Bites." All profits from the cookbook sale will go to families in need. Any portion of money they receive back will go to a friend struggling with Multiple Sclerosis. Her husband was recently laid off and they are facing the end of insurance and the probability of losing their house.

A frozen army

Having 4 kids with many, many teachers makes Holiday gifts a bit pricey. I know, I know, teachers say they don't want or need gifts, but we still like to acknowledge all that they do throughout the year. We've discovered food is always fun (last year we did 8x8 pans and a bag of home-made Magic Fudge mix - tasty and creative!)

This year, I found a cute project online and I bought the stuff well before the holidays, although we didn't actually start the project until December. We made 17 "Frosty the Doorstop" figures. It was quite the family affair - Nathan and James painted them white, Abby and I made the scarves (mostly Abby actually!) and I glued everything together and pained the details.

Here is our fleet, waiting to be distributed to Woodland Elementary, The Goddard School of Brooklyn Park, and two for Grandma Dorothy and Grandma Carole.

Being a good sport

Abby has been learning about football. Somehow tonight at dinner we were asking about touchdowns and how does a team make /score a touchdown. Daniel was very excited to tell us:

"When you play Hi-ho Cherry-O, and you get all of your cherries into your basket you get to say 'TOUCHDOWN' and then 'HI-HO-CHERRY-O' I win, thanks for playing."

Apparently, we still have some work to do with that.

(Abby did properly explain how a football team scores a touchdown, as well as the extra point. She is currently unaware of the two point conversion option though. All in good time...)