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We're running out of summer days, but this evening was perfect to spend around the fire pit. We had hot dogs, katydids, and roasted marshmallow perfection. They were seriously the best marshmallows I've had in forever. Crispy and gooey and we didn't bother with s'mores. Just marshmallow goodness. I'm looking forward to more of this in the fall.

Let's all pray that fall lasts a while this year.

This one is actually from last Saturday. We went to the St. Paul Irish Fair and had a great time. The kids got Irish Balloon animals. What makes them Irish? I don't know... um... Maggie chose a green snake and St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland.

We've also decided that the girls need to start taking Irish Dance lessons. Anyone out there want to sponsor them?? Please??!

Bee-isms

We got a big bag of Kettle Cooked Popcorn from Trader Joe's yesterday and I've been trying to make myself share some of it with the kids. So we took it to the park to snack on while we did a little school work. The kids are all very interested in the super sugary pieces and dig through the bag to find the best ones. Beatrice pulled out a little unpopped portion and said:

HEY! Look at this sugary corn-el.

Not a kernel of popcorn. A corn-el. LOL!

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Here we are enjoying a bedtime snack of sweet summer strawberries!!!

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Obie and Teddy, Beatrice and Poppy, Maggie

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Today is National Doughnut Day and to celebrate it our excellent local bakery offered all of their doughnuts for $.25. How could we not take advantage of that??

When we got there is was pretty busy. The kids took lots of time trying to decide which doughnut to get, but there were really only three types to chose from: powdered sugar, vanilla with sprinkles, and chocolate with peanuts. I decided to make everything easier I'd just order 4 of each for an even dozen and that way if anyone changed their mind we'd have plenty. So our turn comes and I tell one of the harried counter girls, "Four of each, please." She goes and gets a box and starts to fill it up. Just a moment later, the baker comes out of the back with several more trays of doughnuts and before I could flag down the counter girl, I had two dozen doughnuts. But for a quarter a piece, it wasn't a mistake I couldn't afford!

We still have 19 left, but we haven't had our after diner doughnuts yet and we also have company this weekend, so I'm pretty confident we can reduce those numbers before they all get too stale to eat.

Next year I'll know that there are dozens of doughnuts to chose from and won't limit myself to just what is showing when I walk in the door! Happy Doughnut Day!