A few weeks ago I discovered carpenter
ants hanging around on the front porch and working their way
under the siding. These are very big ants! Someone told me last
year that ants don’t like the smell of cinnamon so you can dust
cinnamon along your doors and windows to keep ants out. It
seemed to work well last summer. So I grabbed my BJs contain of
cinnamon and applied a generous heaping to the ants and the
wall. They scattered! Then I made a thick line of it along the
door jamb and closed the door. The next day when Alan was home
I showed him the whole situation and the few ants who were
brave enough to still be hanging around. He tried to put some
more cinnamon along the wall and under the siding. While he was
doing this Lex came over to see what was going on. Alan
explained what he was doing and Lex got concerned because “we
eat cinnamon, it’s not for putting on the ground!” Then he sat
down to watch. A few minutes later he noticed the cinnamon
container and read it, exclaiming, “Oh! Dad! This is GROUND
cinnamon. It’s not food, it IS to put on the ground!” :) Get
it? Ground cinnamon? :) That boy cracks me up!!

This is from my
phone. Notice how nicely they are sitting and smiling. Too bad
they never do that when I have my real camera! We got to BJs
today and discovered they have brand new carts, with TWO seats
up front!! This is awesome :) The kids always argue about who
gets to sit up front (though Eve generally wants to walk
anyway), but now there is room for both. They spent the whole
shopping trip in and out of the cart, trying both sides, etc.
Another nice feature is that if just one kid is in the seat
there is still room to put stuff down, like hats, cups,
coupons, etc. Very good thinking by someone at BJs!!