I know you are all waiting with baited breath to hear how my children reacted to the massive book purge I did the other night. Did they wake up in a panic, sensing their books were missing? Did they beg and cry and plead for their old books back? NOPE! Their shelves are still plenty full and both kids are happily rediscovering books that have been “lost for ever and ever!” Eve has been doing more “reading” to herself and her animals lately. On one shelf I grouped Lex’s series books together. The next day I started to tell him about it but before I could get it out he said, “I know, just like at the library,” and he put the book he was done reading BACK IN ORDER! Alan later joked that if we got him a labeler the books would all get Dewey decimal system stickers on them! :) Neither of them has even commented on the missing books. I’m not sure if that means they haven’t noticed or just don’t care. They’re both enjoying the “breathing space” surrounding their books now. I’m so happy I did it!

Eve and I went a little crazy at the grocery store yesterday and came home with way too many bananas!  “They are so little and cute!” she said. “They are only $.49/lb,” I said. So there you have it.

This morning we decided to cut them up and freeze them, dipping some in a chocolatey peanut butter mixture first.  Pop them all in the freezer and a few hours later you have a delicious sweet treat.  Yum!!

To balance that, we also cut up a bunch of kale and made kale chips.  Eve says they are just ok but I suspect the entire bunch of kale will be in my stomach by the end of today! Could be worse. :-)