Name Change

To all my adoring fans (which at this point are few) :) -- I've had to correct the spelling in my blogger title. My sister pointed out that I had misspelled Tiddlywinks. I had Tiddlewinks and she ever so gently corrected me. BUT -- I would like to point out to you sister dear that the game of Tiddlywinks began in Victorian England as "Tiddledy-winks" and so I was partially correct (in my mind anyway). So I have corrected my mistake and for those of you who know nothing about the game (like me), did you know that the English Tiddlywinks Association was founded in 1958? I didn't know this either. Very interesting.

Also, for those of you who don't know the game: Tiddlywinks is an indoor game played with sets of small, thin discs called "winks" lying on a surface, usually a flat mat. Players use a larger disc called a "squidger" to pop a wink into flight by pressing down on one side of the wink. The objective of the game is to cause the winks to land either on top of opponents' winks, or ultimately inside a pot or cup.

So now you know what the object of the game is. I recall playing this as a kid, but I guess my kid days are over and I have to be a responsible adult now. I wonder if you can still buy this game?

Anyway, this has been a brief but informative lesson on Tiddlywinks. I hope you all enjoyed it!

Fair Goers

So today we went to the Minnesota State Fair. We (my husband and I) left the kids with grandma and grandpa (they came to our house) and we went to the fair. Left at 9:30 a.m. and didn't get home until 6:30 p.m. That's the longest I've been away from our 1 year old and it seems that she did fine without me. She didn't nap very well for grandma but as long as I wasn't around she handled it quite nicely. The fair was a zoo -- sooooo many people. The food lines were long at a lot of places, the food was expensive, but Sweet Martha's cookies were great, as was the chocolate covered nut roll. YUUUMMMMMYYYYY!!! Now as we were walking through the fair, I couldn't help but notice kids, babies, and people in general. I just gotta say that I saw more babies who were dressed way too warm for the day, that is, pants and long sleeve shirts on an 82 degree day. I don't know what the parents were thinking, but I wanted to reach out and shake some of them and get them to notice their flushed, dehydrated kids. I also noticed a lot of "little" babies, like 2 weeks old. I don't know what those parents were thinking, as those babies were warm and flushed also. I just don't get it. Anyway, I think the fair is a place for kids, but not tiny little babies. Lots of stuff for the kids to see, especially the Miracle of Birth center. I waited around for a cow to give birth, but come to find out on the news tonight, she birthed her bull calf at 7:45 p.m. We were long gone by then -- too bad! With the crowd today, I'm glad we didn't have the stroller to worry about and/or trying to keep track of the kids walking around. There were just way too many people.

That's enough people for one day. I'm glad we live in the country and have a little privacy and seclusion.

It's good to be home!

My Dad

My dad always said the words "Playin Tiddlewinks with a manhole cover". Alas... my dad's a DORK!! :)