my project 52 - week 4!

I can't believe how quickly this comes around each week. Seriously glad I didn't try to do a 365, which would have been an EPIC fail.

This week's photo is again a montage. I woke up yesterday and decided to make pancakes for breakfast. We do this about once a week. After I made the first pancake (or as I like to call it, the "practice pancake" because for some reason it is usually a disaster), I heard Grayson in the living room watching one of his fave shows, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. (Yes, I let me kid watch TV in the morning, don't judge).

I was reminded of pancake mornings when I was little. My grandma Ruth was pretty crafty with food-contortion. (Once, she even made some of the Wizard of Oz characters out of hamburger - I don't remember if they actually looked good, I just remember how cool it was that she did that for me.) Most common (and most requested), were Mickey Mouse pancakes. Because who wants a boring old round pancake, when you can have one shaped like The Mouse himself?

When I was 8, grandma Ruth died of lung cancer. She was 51 years old. She's the reason I was a "gifted & talented" kid,  the reason I love Christmas so much, and the reason I've never even thought about touching a cigarette.

51 years old, how unbelievably sad is that. She never got to see my sister & I grow up, and never even got to meet my younger siblings. I think about her a lot, especially now that I'm a "grown up" with children of my own. I'm sad that my kids will never get to meet her - and that I can't remember many stories to tell them.

I can, however, pass on traditions like Mickey Mouse pancakes - and that makes me happy :)

No, he didn't eat it - because the chocolate chips had melted and what do you do when
chocolate gets all over your fingers? You FREAK. But we'll keep trying - maybe no
face next time :)