Night before last, it got so cold that a 12-pack of Diet Cherry 7-Up cans that was sitting in our garage experienced several can explosions. I walked out to warm up the car and was greeted by a fine dusting of a pink snow-like substance all over the stairs and on the floor. It made me laugh, but then it made me sad because I had to sweep so much yummy looking slushy on to the driveway. I decided not to open any of the surviving cans for fear of another explosion.

Sorry for the nasty picture of my sink. Here are the 2 cans that exploded. The boys thought these were way cool, plus it was an really fun way to teach them about how water expands as it freezes into ice.

The cans that didn’t explode looked like this…still covered in the slush of their fallen comrades.

In other news, I was making dinner tonight when Logan and Aiden came by to see what I was preparing. At the time, I was slicing a tomato…they like tomatoes…they asked for a piece…then they ate all of them…then they saw another tomato on the counter and asked for that one too. I cut it into quarters mentioning that I had been planning to save that for my eggs tomorrow morning. Logan ate both his quarters. Aiden ate one and then said, “mommy…I want you to have this one for your eggs.” What a sweetie. Later, Logan saw that piece laying on the cutting board…and he ate it.

I also happened to be cutting up some tofu to make some soup for myself. The boys all tried some. Logan spit his in the garbage. Brady spit his in the garbage. Aiden asked for more on a plate. Wonders never cease.