JUST FOR FUN!

Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
And 'lollipop' is the longest word typed with your right hand.
(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)

No word in the English language rhymes with month , orange, silver, or purple.
'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.

(Are you doubting this?)
Our eyes are always the same size from birth,

but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter of the alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?)

The words 'racecar,' 'kayak,' 'dad,' 'mom,' 'pop,' and 'level' are the same whether

they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous':

tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
(You're not possibly doubting this, are you ?)

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order:

'abstemious' and 'facetious.' (Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)
'TYPEWRITER' is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

(All you typists are going to test this out)

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds .
(Some days that's about what my memory span is.)
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.

(I know some people that could do this too.!...Andrea!)
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that also. Actually I know A LOT of people like this!)

Babies are born without kneecaps.

They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast,

the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

The cruise liner, QE 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that.)
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid .
There are more chickens than people in the world.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men

'Evian' the name for a brand of bottled water is 'naive' spelled backwards...coincidence?
Now you know more than you did before!!

Posted by Lauri

I got to go hang out with Cole and Annie on Tuesday. It was a blast. We went for a treasure hunt around the house and couldn't get enough of the backyard swings and trampoline. We were listening to a book on tape that talked about a riddle.
Cole asked, "What's a riddle?"
I said, "It's like a trick with words."
He asks, "What's a trick?"
I say, "It's like a joke."
He says, "What's a joke."
I tried to explain a knock knock joke to him. He didn't quite get it. I said, "Knock knock". Once he finally said "who's there?"
I said, "little old lady." He laughed so hard.
Then he said, "Knock, knock."
I said, "Who's there?"
He said, "Little old horse." We both laughed so hard we fell over. It was so funny.

After Floyd got home we went to a pizza place for dinner. Cole thought he'd eat his pizza like a T-Rex would "devour his prey". He's such a smart kid.

Summer is officially over

Nathan, Cameron, Lindsay, and my mom came over for our last day at the pool. Of course it was beautiful and sunny until we got in the pool. Somehow it became overcast and dull once we were all wet.
I got Nathan to jump in with me, but only if he had a life jacket on.
Mom and Cameron. How cute! It turned out that the hot tub heater was broken. So the water was not quite hot, more like regular bath water. It was perfect for the boys, and once we realized it was a good temp. we didn't even get back in the big pool.
There's a little ledge on the edges of the hot tub and so the boys just walked around it for a while. A few times Cameron decided he would rather crawl. He thought this was a great idea until he realized that he'd have to go all the way under the water in order to do it. He got very upset when the water got all over his face, but in the next breath he did it again. He'll learn.
I'm sure glad we've moved to these apartments. We have used the pool a ton! Sometimes I think I was intended to be a fish. It's great that the these guys were able to come down and spend the day with us at the pool. Thanks Lindsay and Mom!

Kisses

Macie and Lauri were giving kisses left and right the other day. It's so sweet. Macie just can't seem to stop drooling and so when she gives kisses you end up with a very wet face.
Jada was convinced that our friend Ellie the elephant needed a diaper. So, we practiced putting it on.
Macie thought the diaper would make a great hat. It was quite hilarious.

I think I'm going to try to make these with the kids in the nursery at church once it get's closer to halloween. We'll see how it goes. Try it and see if it's a success for you.


What you'll need:
Black construction paper
Wiggle eyes
White paper (for "fangs")
Scissors
Tape
Yellow construction paper
White crayon
Glue
Pencil

How to make it:
Fold black construction paper in half.
Along folded edge, lay child's hand palm down (midway through palm) and trace fingers with white crayon. Cut out the outline of the fingers.
Unfold and you’ll have a complete image of a spider with eight legs. Turn the spider over and, with the pencil, roll the legs around it – this makes the legs curl under and gives a more creepy, crawly effect.
Cut a one inch strip of black paper from the remaining scraps and form it into a circle for the bracelet. At the appropriate length, tape the ends together.
Attach the bracelet to the underside of the spider using tape or glue.
Glue the wiggle eyes and "fangs" to the spider’s head.
Cut a small diamond shape from the yellow construction paper and glue to the spider’s back.
Place the child’s wrist through the bracelet.