Happy

Daffodils and a red tea pot.Today, this made me happy.

St. Patricks Day Marshmallow Crakers

This isn't something that involves frosting and green food dye...this is AUTHENTIC. No kidding, I found it in a book from our library, "A Pot O' Gold- A treasury of Irish Stories, Poetry, Folklore and (of Course) Blarney". Oh my goodness, marshamllow and buttery crisp graham crackers.... who knew that the irish even knew what marshmallows were??!

"Cream crackers were invented in Ireland, but graham crackers or another plain, unsalty cracker will do."

Take:

1 graham cracker

1 Marshmallow

a blob of butter

1 almond

Put the marshmallow on top of each cracker. Put a small piece of butter on each marshmallow, topped by an almond. Place on a pan and put under a broiler until the marshmallow has melted over all.

The Big Apple

Tried as I might I couldn't pull it away from him.

The final product. Nate made a good point that the apples in our house will look like this for the next 10-12 years. So very true.

Edison's First Haircut!

Since I didn't have the guts to do it by myself, I waited for Grandma to come out to help me cut Edison's hair. We had to stand him up in front of the window to get him to hold somewhat still. He called out all the buses that drove by and we trimmed his hair. Grandma did a great job with the sides, but I have to say that I totally butchered the front. Oh well, boys hair grows fast.

Grandma Alexander's Visit

Here are some pictures of Grandma's Alexander's visit with us at the end of Feb. Edison even said "Gamma" the first day she was here. It was a fun time, and although we weren't able to muster up a full Tsunami when for her, we still managed to show her a good time.

We hiked Manoa Falls

They just so happened to be filming LOST up the trial as well...Grandma got a kick out of it, but for us it was "small kine"..(no big deal for the locals)

After the hike we took our muddy sneakers to the beach, picked up some Panda Express (love when Grandma comes!) and caught a nice sunset.

The Tsunami that did not Happen

So, if any one is wondering and as many of you know the Tsunami that was supposed to hit Hawaii, Feb 27th never happened. One big flop. And I say flop because the overall consensus from everyone in the state was (as horrible as it sounds) disappointment. Everyone had plenty of warning, and the police enforcement did a wonderful job of getting tourists and Waikiki dwellers to higher ground. So, prepared and ready there we waited with cases of toilet paper and water that was frantically bought at 3:40am that morning. Hawaii news anchors did a superb job with live cameras and coverage from every angle on all the islands. It was almost like waiting for the ball to drop in Times Square on New Year's eve.


11:19am was target time for the first wave to hit.


10:30am, nothing yet, still as can be and "a beautiful beach day" as the news anchor reminds us.


11:00am, some action at the bay with tide being pulled in and pulled out somewhat rapidly...


11:10am, more tides, and everyone on the edge of their seats waiting for the big wave....


11:19am, more tide coming in and going out...


11:30, more tide, "is this going to happen?"...


12:00pm, ok, let's eat some lunch...


1:00pm, looks like it's going to all blow over, nothing happened??!!!!That's it???


2:00pm Tsunami warning officially called off. Freeways are opened as people try to salvage the rest of the "beautiful beach day"


And as my mother-in-law said it "Hawaii sure throws a pretty lame Tsunami party."


Don't get me wrong, we are so GRATEFUL that nothing happened. I'm especially thankful for the lesson I learned as a new mother to always have food storage ready...and that includes a surplus of diapers and milk.


It was a good, and much needed wake up call for us all...minus the action... and that's probably something we should be even more grateful about.