How Creamy are your Mashed Potatoes??

... I read somewhere that mashed potatoes can be a positive way to release some negative energy... If you have ever been present at our house during the witching hour, otherwise known as unhappy hour, you might not be surprised at how smooth and wonderful my mashed potatoes can be... Mmmmm.... and my children are still alive - they have the mashed potatoes to thank for that!

We had a great weekend together as a family. On saturday night there was an event called the Parade of Lights in Orleans - it's like a glow-in-the-dark Santa Clause parade in -20C. I hate to be Grinchy, but the damn thing didn't start until 6:45pm instead the original slated time of 6pm. Standing out in the cold for 45 min with two kids asking - every 31/2min - "where's the parade??"

When it did start it was nice and it could have been much worse:

1 - it wasn't raining
2 - nobody had to pee
3 - nobody said "I'm tired" or "I'm cold" - oh wait, yes they did!

It was fun, there were grinches, snowmen, dancing presents, the easter bunny?, bugs, tweety, scooby doo, shrek, christmas music, bands and of course the big elf himself! By the way, Does anyone know what a "goblin toy" is?? That's what Prince Philippe wants this year and no one has a clue what he's talking about... help. Maybe Santa will bring it and everybody will be like "did you buy it?", "No, did you?" * exchanging bewildered looks* If it happened for the smurfs and it can happen for us - a christmas miracle!