Bugs in my pie???

Well, for Christmas I made my first-ever pecan pie. Thanks to Tammy for telling me how easy it was (after chuckling first at me thinking it was difficult). It was very good but before we even cut into it Joshua looked at it. And that was it. "Mom, why does that look like it's made of bugs?"

LOL! So, now every time I slice into, or even see or think, of pecan pie - I think, 'bug pie.'

Thank you, Joshua!

Gingerbread Houses 2011

 
Well, they didn't all turn out perfect and pretty - but they sure were tasty! And, we had lots of fun. I'm glad mama and Robbie got to be here with us to make them. It was very messy - but very 'family' fun!

FB response to author's request

I find it very interesting how a single description can appear so very different from person to person. Granted, we might read a description but instead of imagining it to a tee/T (?) we pick and choose the aspects we like and fill in the rest with our own image that 'makes/builds' the look of the character. That is how I got my 13 year old interested in reading when he was only 6. I read to him a paragraph from a book in which the character was described as wearing a red shirt, etc., etc. Then, I asked him to picture that red shirt. I asked, 'in your mind does it have a pocket? Is it a button up shirt, a pullover, a t-shirt, a sweater? Is it long-sleeved or short?' Then, I pointed out that reading can be fun because we can supply our own image with help from the description like making a movie in our heads, and that while we all read the same story - the images will be our own.

This is part of the response I gave on Karen Marie Moning's FB page in which she is/was searching for images of attire that fit a certain character (Barrons) for her comic book. Many of the images were so different than what I had imagined. Then, I got to thinking about it . . . Interesting, huh?