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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

weird stuff

Yesterday evening when I drove home from work the temperature was –29C/-20F. Yikes. That’s cold.

This morning (late morning . . . 11am) when I went to work, it was –23C/-9F.

Really? Is this necessary?

And, it was snowing. Just a bit. But seriously.

Really?

Here’s what that looks like (although you can’t see the snow falling):

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It’s just as cold this evening . . .

So yesterday, I gave the kids each a small gift for Valentine’s day. Mattias got a bag of candy . .. about 350g . . .  a mix of ju-jube-type candy, chocolate and salty licorice.

When I got home from work in the afternoon, I was greeted with, “Mom, we’ve got a problem. Max ate Mattias’s whole bag of candy.”

Well, except for the first few from when he opened the bag.

Max went into his room and took the candy off the desk.

Brat.

So, the rest of the evening we kept an eye on him  . . . wondering if he was going to be sick all over the place.

Instead, he decided to play dress-up:

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This morning I heard strange noises after the kids left for school. I jumped up and said to Stefan, “I think we’ve got a problem.” I assumed Max was into something again.

This was what I found:

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Pepsi found the candy bag that Max emptied yesterday and got it stuck on her head.

 

And how was your day??

Barb

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3 friends had something to say . . .:

Anonymous said...

Ha ha! Vilka busiga hundar ni har!
Och, ja, det är för kallt. Det räcker nu! Men det är vackert i alla fall. :)
Susse

February 15, 2011 11:03 PM
Craig and Phyllis said...

Oh that made me laugh!! Thanks for posting that. Loved Pepsi in the bag. : )

February 15, 2011 11:13 PM
Stacy, Pat and Aidan said...

Maggie ate Aidan's Valentine's candy as well as the replacement candy! I think Maggie needs to give up sweets for Lent. . .

February 16, 2011 3:27 AM

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