Moon Sand ...really?

Who ever thought of Moon Sand should be fired. Have you ever tried to play with it. The commercial makes it look so cool, pack it in special molds (not included) convienient fold up play container.

Let's face reality...it 'aint going to stay contained! Oh and the claims that it's better than real sand because it sticks together...

Yeah it sticks together - if you apply brute force of an adult it might stick together! Otherwise it just clumps and breaks off all over the table, floor and in each others hair. Oh almost forgot the best part! My daughter now had yellow and purple stained hands- so does my couch where she wiped her hands off before I could grab her. Let's just say what it really is... "poor man's play-doh!" I'll take real Play-doh anyday! Come on Moon Sand...really? Should've been left on the moon!

PS It was a gift (I wouldn't buy it), and this is what I came home to after picking up perscriptions from the store thanks to my 12yr old. Nothing like sick kids and sand everywhere...

Marshmallow & Sugar...Are You Insane?

Ah those ever so looming baskets leftover from Easter. Filled to the brim with chocolate bunnies, jellybeans, Easter eggs, pain-in-the-$%#!& grass, and yes...the infamous Marshmallow Peep!

Have you ever wondered as you follow a trail of yellow sugar "Who invented these cute monstrosities and why is it all over my house?" Well I have been schooled, just when I thought I knew it all. (You know because Mom knows everything)

Fun Fact #1 In the early 1950's, it took 27 hours to make 1 Peep, it now takes 6 minutes

Fun Fact #2 Over 70 million Peeps lined up beak to tail are needed to reach New York to LA

Fun Fact #3 Peeps Chicks and Bunnies come in 5 different colors

Fun Facts from http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/

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Fun Fact #1

In April 2009 it only takes 6 seconds to fall out of my kids mouth and it has taken me approximately 27 hours to clean marshmallow off of furniture

Fun Fact #2

I have over 70 million inches of sugar left on my floors from Marshmallow Peeps

Fun Fact #3

I already KNOW Peeps and Bunnies come in 5 "difficult to wash off hands" colors

Set scene after dinner:

Isabella: I want mash-mellow! Peeze!

Mark Jr: (heart in right place-brain not) hands his little sister a handful of Peeps

Isabella: (runs off giggling with glee smashing as many as she can in her mouth)

Remember I assumed her big brother sat her at the table to eat these. Not!

As I chased her down she did the inevitable... she spit them on the carpet. You know like she was a lizard being chased and she had to get rid of her tail, except it was mushy sticky marshmallow.

On the floor,

On my carpet,

oh and all around the edge of the couch because - yes I forgot. I chased her!

So I say to the Marshmallow Peep-ole....

Marshmallows & Sugar...Are you insane?