Getting the Boys Involved

As I said in my earlier post, I'm wanting to get the boys more involved in the blog..So I took this video while they were playing today and this is what happened.

Austin was the first one to act silly, then monkey see monkey do..

*I ordered my photo Christmas cards tonight. I can't wait to send them out!! I must say - they are cute!!

We're On A Team

As most of you know, Saturday was Macie's basketball draft. She was lucky number 13..All the girls had to dribble the ball from half court and try to make a basket..Macie tried really hard, but missed her shot - but that's okay..She's been practicing all week and will get better and will be AWESOME. To make things better her friend Maggie is on her team, so she's really pumped for their 1st practice Friday night.

After Macie took her shot a guy (to whom I didn't know) said to me "some of the most talented people are left-handed). That was very thoughtful, I thought..He's right, she'll be something spectacular someday..

*I'm going to try and get the boys more involved with the blog..

We were at the mall Sunday and I tried to get them to sit on Santa's lap and they shook their heads "no" in horror, so I guess their still too shy for him..

Why Does Everything Taste Bad After You Brush Your Teeth?

Okay, I know what your thinking - and your right..Slow blog day - but I've always wondered about this. The explanation is a little in depth, but now I know..And do I care - NO!! ;0D

This came from yahoo.com:
If you have no idea why we’re pondering that question today, go brush your teeth real quick and grab a drink (orange juice, iced tea, beer—anything except water). Awful, isn’t it?You can thank sodium laureth sulfate, also known as sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES), or sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) for ruining your drink, depending on which toothpaste you use. Both of these chemicals are surfactants – wetting agents that lower the surface tension of a liquid – that are added to toothpastes to create foam and make the paste easier to spread around your mouth (they’re also important ingredients in detergents, fabric softeners, paints, laxatives, surfboard waxes and insecticides). Nice, huh?

While surfactants make brushing our teeth a lot easier, they do more than make foam. Both SLES and SLS mess with our taste buds in two ways. One, they suppress the receptors on our taste buds that perceive sweetness, inhibiting our ability to pick up the sweet notes of food and drink. And, as if that wasn’t enough, they break up the phospholipids on our tongue. These fatty molecules inhibit our receptors for bitterness and keep bitter tastes from overwhelming us, but when they’re broken down by the surfactants in toothpaste, bitter tastes get enhanced.
So, anything you eat or drink after you brush is going to have less sweetness and more bitterness than it normally would. Is there any end to this torture? Yes. You don’t need foam for good toothpaste, and there are plenty out there that are SLES/SLS-free. You won’t get that rabid dog look that makes oral hygiene so much fun, but your breakfast won’t be ruined.

So there you go - there's my thirst of knowledge for the day..

On another note - Macie did have her basketball draft Saturday - and I'm ever so patiently waiting for her coach to call me..