Yet Another Mollyism

Last week I shared about Molly's unique way of saying a lot or a little, so I had to share one of the most recent gems around the house.

Molly was explaining to her brothers how she had gotten out of bed very quietly to sneak into our bed during the night.  We heard her telling the boys in a soft voice, while acting out her sneaking, "I climbed out of my bed, and then I very snuckily went to Mom and Dad's room."

Snuckily.

What was the last thing that you snuckily did?

In Defense of Taking Snow Days

Three of my favorite words when I was a preteen up through my high school years were “blowing and drifting.” My husband and I still joke that those are magical words.

What would be so special about these words? It’s not so much these words by themselves as what those words mean together with words like “Four to six inches of snow.”  Since the school district that both my husband and I attended has many areas that are into very rural areas, blowing and drifting of snow would often make roads in the country difficult to pass and would cause a snow day for all of us. 

(You can read the rest of my post about why we still take snow days, even as homeschoolers, at The Homeschool Classroom)
 

Using Only Craft Supplies That You Already Own

As a scrapbooker (or any kind of crafter), it's easy to feel like you always need to buy more supplies.  This becomes especially true when you are working on a specific project.  I, however, have been working on buying less supplies (a whole lot less!) and using what I already have in my craft room.

This whole idea was tested this Christmas when I realized that after having made eight Christmas albums to give out to family, I realized that I had accidentally given an album to someone I hadn't meant to.  This, of course, meant that I didn't have an album for the person that I was going to give that one to.  So, in just a couple of hours and with supplies that I had on hand (save for a couple of embellishments from my Mom, as well as the chipboard album I bought from her as well, which she had on hand), I was able to create a baby girl album for Eric's sister and her husband, as they are expecting a baby girl in February.

It was an amazing feeling to know that I used things that I had on hand, and didn't have to feel the need to go buy, buy, buy.

The baby girl album:

 

Not only was I thrilled to use up supplies (some that I had been holding on to from quite some time), but I was also happy knowing that my sister-in-law would have an easy way in those busy first few months to have a handmade album without having to do all the work herself.

This post is linked to Works for Me Wednesday and Frugal Friday.

Molly's Unique Units of Measure

One of my favorite things about kids are the words they come up with or the funny ways they say things.  Every time they come up with something new, I always think, "I'm always going to remember just the way they said that."  But, of course, I usually don't.  (The one exception to this rule is that Noah always used to say "your" instead of "you."  So, he would say, "How are your doing?"  Loved that!)

So, let this be my public record of Molly's way of measuring either a lot or a little of something...

A sminch -- this, as you might imagine, denotes a very small amount.  This can be either a sminch of food, or even asking if she can just sit on the counter for a sminch.

A smock -- this means a lot.  I understood the general idea of where "a sminch" came from, but I have no idea how "a smock" became synonymous with "a lot."  That makes it a little more fun, in my opinion.

So, how much did you do this weekend?  A smock or a sminch?








photo by Darrren Hester