Choo Choo!

Gracie and I had a lunch date this week. We went to Fritz's on 18th street for lunch on Friday. Now I know this sounds mundane but let me tell you about Fritz's. It is a train themed hamburger joint. You go in and seat yourself. Even at 12:30 we had to wait about 10 minutes for a table to open up. Each table has a phone by it. You look at the menu and use the phone to call in your order. A waitress brings your drinks but a train brings your food.

That's right, a train! There is a track that runs around the entire restraunt with stops at each table. Back in the kitchen they program the train to stop at your table and the crossing arm drops and your food is there. Viola!

Gracie loved it! Everytime the train would pass by she'd ask if it was bringing her food. (Even after she had her hamburger!) Needless to say she didn't eat her lunch~~ we took it to-go and she had it later.

So next time you're in KC we'll go check out Fritz's.

Princess Underpants

I give you Gracie, Princess Underpants. In Rosner tradition, Gracie recieved underpants in her stocking this morning. As you can see she was delighted with her Little Mermaid panties, so much so that she put them on her head and danced around the room. Yes, someday she will be mortified that I posted pictures of her and her chones on our blog but when you're that stinking cute you have got to expect it.

Merry Christmas all!

Blessings,

heather

YIKES

I got the cutest gift from one of my students. It was a gingerbread shaped jar full of gingerbread cookie mix. You know, one of those fun mixes that you add a few ingredients to and viola!! homemade cookies.

Well Gracie saw it and took the cookie cutter off the jar and brought it too me with the request to make gingerbread cookies. So we got everything together in the kitchen. Set the camera up to record our adventure and pulled up a chair so the princess could help.

I read the directions... grease a 9x13 pan. Later it said to drop the cookies onto a cookies sheet. huh?? What pan am I supposed to use--ummmm.... I'll go with cookie sheet. Ok, pour the mix into the bowl. OK, I opened the jar, turned it upside down and nothing came out. So with the handy dandy use of a skewer and a knife, a lot of digging and whacking the mix tumbled out into the bowl. I added the butter, the flour, the eggs it needed and finally got to the cloves. 1 1/2 teaspoons. Wow! That seems like a lot but that's what the recipie says.

Can I tell you the cookies were vile. They burned my mouth. Gracie took one bite and said, "Mommy, I don't like these cookies!" And into the trash they all went.

All is not lost, however. Gracie and I had a great time baking today. We made a ginormous mess but giggled and talked. It was a good day. And tonight we mixed up a batch of Grandma Mary's no fail sugar cookie dough so we can cut them out tomorrow. :) We've got to have something ready for Santa!

My Apologies

Yikes!! I've turned into one of "those" people who start up a blog, post with enthusiasm for a few months and then abandon it. So here is my post to update on what's going on in Kansas.

Gracie and I went out to Manhattan for the weekend for a craft fair. She ended up spiking a fever while we were out there so I stayed home on Monday to take her to the doctor. Of course she didn't run a fever all Monday so I looked like a big fat liar. Then when we came to school on Tuesday she proceeds to toss her cookies all over the room--- luckily Michelle, my friend was able to take her home and keep her today.

Monday we got a Christmas card from the Lakatoes with a cool picture of a Michigan snowman! Thanks! I also got the most beautiful, heartfelt card from my dear husband. It was the kind that makes you go sniff sniff a little. I'm a lucky girl.

So we're pretty boring right now. Maybe something funny will happen tonight!

Baby it's Cold Outside!

As I was laying in bed this morning our friendly weatherman said that it was 5 below zero windchill. Brrrrr!! On a related note, it should be 50 degrees on Saturday.

This was sent to my by Karen. It's kind of hard to read what it says underneath but the jist of it is, this soldier is the only one who can comfort this Iraqi little girl being treated at an American hospital. Her family was killed by insurgents and she was shot in the head herself. This wonderful soldier has been sleeping in a chair holding her so she can feel better.

Snow Day Part Deux

As predicted the Kansas City area got a snow storm yesterday afternoon. On Strawberry Hill we got about 2-3 inches. Enough to make it pretty, and to cancel school again. For those of you keeping score here's a rundown of our week:
A 6 day Thanksgiving weekend.
Work on Tuesday when temps were in the 70s!
Work on Wednesday where the ice storm hit and most kids were picked up early.
Snow day Thursday complete with a fresh snow storm.
Snow day on Friday.
And now the weekend!!
Gracie and I spent the day decorating for Christmas. We got the tree up, the 4 Nativity scenes, stockings and other assorted decor scattered around the house and we feel festive if not a little crowded. Maybe we'll make cookies this afternoon. yumm!