Puppets are awesome, right? Yeah, they are. The Detroit Institute of Arts had a puppet performance by Preston Foerder (whose website I can't seem to find) and the girls and I headed over with some friends. The puppeteer came on stage dressed like a janitor with all the likely tools and then proceeded to tell stories from Grimm's Fairy Tales with his puppets, which he made on the spot from mops, dusters, bags, and socks. The kids learned that you can use everyday things to make something truly spectacular. After the show the museum had a puppet making workshop for the kids. They provided scraps of material, yarn, markers, glue sticks, googly eyes, and the cut off fingers from canvas gloves, which provided the base of the finger puppet. Great idea, right?! Go get some gloves at your local hardware store and let the kids go nuts!

The kids each made a few puppets and then found a way to put on a puppet show right then are there! We will definitely be doing this again soon.

Edamame beans are young soybeans. They are full of protein, easy to make (all you have to do is boil them!), and fun to eat. At least our kids think that they're fun to eat. Audrey was trying to crawl across the table to get her hands on more tonight and Erika eats them faster than M&M's. And we all laugh as they shoot out of their pods and across the room.

If you (I mean, your kids) haven't played with Oobleck yet, you should grab the cornstarch and get to it. I have to confess that we haven't read the Dr. Seuss book that this awesome substance is supposedly named after, but it is on my list for the next trip to the library. I also have to confess that the science of how and why this does what it does is beyond me, but Wiki seems to have it figured out.

Two parts cornstarch and one part water equals a concoction that is sometimes liquid, sometimes solid, and always fun.

I love these. Maybe because they remind me of my childhood and what a special treat it was when my Mom opened a box. They are so thin, and gone so quickly. I learned how to savor each little bite; always biting that little tiny bit of chocolate at the end off before eating the rest. Like Nutella, it's one of those things that I love, but hardly ever buy because I just don't have the self control necessary to keep these kinds of things in the house all the time.

Today we all had some with warm chai.