Five for Friday--The Lost Wasp Edition

1. Poor Whitney got stung by an out of season wasp the other day while innocently lying on the couch watching TV. Randy covered her up with a blanket and then all Hell broke loose! Apparently the lost wasp (seriously how did it get in the house and where did it come from?) was on the blanket and ended up trapped between Whitney's arm and the blanket. She felt so betrayed and kept saying, "Is it poisonous, is there poison?" I'm not sure why she thought they were deadly, but we calmed her fears quickly (it's a good thing she didn't end up being allergic to them).

I went online to find a treatment idea and ended up making a paste of baking soda and water which I smeared all over the swollen area then wrapped with a towel. When we took the towel off a half hour later there was hardly any sign of the sting at all!

2. Whitney had a friend from school over to play this week and was giving her a tour of some very random items and places in our house and I overheard her say, "My mom takes notes during church and these notebooks are all full!" What in the world? I'm sure her fellow 3rd grade-friend was riveted.

She also showed her the 2 loaves of Miracle Bread I'd made that day and said, "This is REAL bread, she made it and it is soooo good!" Good heavens, what does she think she's been eating all these years? I was pretty bugged when I saw that she and her friend had just torn chunks from the loaf rather than cut slices...what the?


I was sitting at the computer working on a project when Whitney came in and asked if her friend could have some bread. I said, "Of course, just cut her a piece" then Whitney said, "No, she wants the whole loaf." So I walked into the kitchen to find her friend holding the loaf of bread (which had been on a cooling rack on the counter) and hugging it to her face!!! Needless to say I gave it to her! %$#@!



3. I have been cracking myself up with the crazy positions I find myself in as I try to get comfortable while reading in the car during the hour Whitney is at art class each week. This week I reclined the seat back and put my feet on the dash and covered myself up with my coat. I guess this is the cozy on the go for me.


4. After art class we went over to Lori's house to make Valentine cookies (I have eaten A LOT of cookies this week!) and hang out at her apartment. Randy hadn't been there since we moved her in over Thanksgiving weekend, so he came over to see it now that she's all unpacked and settled.


Lori got all her cake-decorating tips out and taught Whitney how to use them, and she took to it like she was a young Martha Stewart. I guess we should have known she'd be good at it because it's drawing with frosting, but we were still super impressed by just how good she was at it. (I have 0.00 frosting skills.) By the end of the night we'd run out of cookies to frost and had to take them away from her before she could put a 2nd and 3rd layer of frosting on them!


Landon looks taller to me every morning when he wakes up (which is rather trippy) and is gaining height on Lori. I think he's going to pass her up by the end of the year...she had a good run.


5. I found this envelope on the counter (because why would it have been put in the recycling bin when it could just as easily be left right where she opened it?) the other day. Is she my daughter? Was there a promise of gold inside? What happened to this poor envelope?

**Have you seen any winter wasps?
Can you believe the bread debacles?
Do you have frosting-decorating skills?
How tall are you?
Do you desecrate envelopes?

Comment Window Tidbit: I'm feeling a strong desire to nap, but am heading to the school to entertain some hyper 3rd graders instead!