This year I started out small with Crazy Pancakes for breakfast.  These were regular pancakes, but made with Dr. Pepper instead of water....

For the Gospel Dessert, we made Lazarus's tomb out of brownies.  Easy peasy and very chocolatey - thank you, Klenda! I'm ...

As I'm sure you've noticed, the Monday after the time change that robs helpfully removes an hour of sleep is Zombie Day ! And how...

It's Pi day !  It's Zombie Day!   It's Zombie Pi Day! I have to say, I'm feeling the zombie more than the pi. Also, I have...

Boing! Boing!  Choclo and Oob leaping from one lily pad to another, reinforcing the 6 and 7 times tables! Other Leap Day fun:  I w...

This is not an actual picture of the soup I made on Groundhog Day, but it's close. It was supposed to be alphabet soup with chicken...

Ye've been warned! We've been making maps and playing around with pirate stickers, mad libs, and  doodles all week. The maps a...

 Oooh!  Bacon and eggs for breakfast? Kinda... The "eggs" are vanilla pudding and canned apricot halves. The "bacon...

Yes, today is Secret Silly Day, a fact discovered by Klenda when she came to breakfast quite nattily dressed, but wearing very silly socks (...

Last week's rainy day! When Mxyl and Klenda were toddlers, we loved rainy days.  There was a park near our house which developed lar...

We have a history of hacking the non educational obsession.  We've had a Transformers Day , a Pikmin Day (which I seem to have forgot...

Ah, yes, that special time that comes but once a year.. The Monday after we spring back into Daylight Savings Time and stumble about search...

 We have been celebrating Superhero Week this week! We've been doing lots of fun things like battling laundry monsters and answering ...

As I'm sure you've noticed, the Monday after the time change that robs helpfully removes an hour of sleep is Zombie Day ! And how...

 We had a preposterously piratical day! Me hearties dressed for the part.  Instead of newspaper hats, I took 2 pieces of black constructio...

It's Talk Like a Pirate Day ! This year, I planned ahead (meaning, thought about it the day before) and so have a great list of resour...

Yes, it's May the fourth, as in, "May the fourth be with you!" The kids have worked up some costumes (that's Klenda as a p...

It's 3/14. At 1:59 pm, it will be 3.14159. Time to eat pi! I almost missed it! Thank you Diane over at Clickschooling ! If you don...

We changed to Daylight Savings Time yesterday. "Springing Forward" indeed! In my opinion, if it's that important to change ...

Did you remember that last Saturday was International Talk Like a Pirate Day ? We did. I was planning to be away on retreat, but Oob and Cho...