Funny Girls

 Cora's been on a cooking kick lately. She came up with the idea of coating the last handful of strawberries in the package with melted chocolate, and she's also been making smoothie/yogurt popsicles.

















And, the other day she and Violet (with a little help from Dad) made peppermint creams. Yum!



















  If we'd taken the next step to coat them with chocolate, they'd been very close to a York Peppermint Patty. Except that they were pink and blue - everything's better with food coloring, right???

Cora's also taking a cooking class on Friday afternoons at school.





Violet was so excited to be selected to be Special Helper at school on Wednesday, which coincided with "hibernation day," when the children got to wear jammies to school and bring an animal friend.

The animal then "hibernated" in a special sleeping bag Miss Lorrie passed out, with, "Shhhh, I'm asleep" written on it.

That morning, on the way to school, excited that Gleamer got to come with her, Violet shouted, "Gleamer's confused with all these trees!"
I sought clarification, so Violet added, "She's confused, because she's counting them. There's too many trees! Gleamer has holes in her ears. They show when she's confused."

A couple of more Violetisms: On a recent drive past the San Gabriel Mountains, she said: "I want to go back to Montana. These mountains make me sad. They remind me of Ave and Johnny's house."

And, a real gem: Violet, holding her empty Pez dispenser, said, "We need some candy in here."
Me: "No, we don't. You might want candy, but you don't 'need it.' "
Violet: "No, for the daytime. In the morning, to get me going."

Cora, in her advancing age, doesn't come out with such funny statements anymore. But this conversation did make me smile:

After learning about our country's three branches of government, Cora told me she wants to see a female president. "We've had enough boy presidents," she said.
Maybe Cora could be the first, I suggested. "No! Too many meetings. I hate meetings."
A day later, after looking over Cora's schoolwork on the presidency, Stace made a similar suggestion. "No! Too much work. And, too many photos. What if I don't look good?"