Do cougars have the smartest kids?

New York Magazine
March 16, 2009
"Earlier this month, the journal PLoS Medicine analyzed data from a study of over 50,000 pregnant women and came to a simple but stunning conclusion: Older fathers have dumber kids. The more geriatric the dad, the dimmer the progeny, on measures including "thinking and reasoning, concentration, memory, understanding, speaking, and reading." (Luckily, geezer offspring had no problems with motor skills, making them ideal for wheeling around their elderly dads.)
It was another unsettling addition to the growing pile of evidence that men have their own biological clocks, with older fathers also producing higher rates of schizophrenia and autism. But what really caught my eye was the secondary finding, which was that older mothers were associated with smarter children. I quickly did the calculations and was pleased with my findings. The most intelligent children, I deduced, must be the outcome of 45-year-old career women inseminated by their 21-year-old personal trainers."
Being two years older than my husband, and pretty much almost 30, this article does give me some peace of mind.

Everything is amazing and nobody's happy

Hope you find this as entertaining as I did.

We eat a lot of string cheese here...

Since the only male who reads this blog is my father in law, who is a doctor, I think it's ok to post.  A couple of days ago Madeline brought me a wrapped tampon she pulled out of the box, and said "cheese?!"  She was really disappointed when I didn't readily unwrap it and  hand it over.  

Rachel's Scrapbook!

Yeah!!!!  My fabulous sister-n-law Rachel made us this gorgeous scrapbook for our Wedding plus Christmas present.  Um, did I say Wedding present? (p.s. that would be 4 1/2 years ago...)Yes, I did.  But it was totally worth the wait!  Isn't it sooooooooo cute!?!  

  She made us a scrapbook of our trip to Europe when we were still in college and we did an internship in Scotland and travelled to England and Germany and Italy.  As you can see, not only is the scrapbook totally cute in and of itself, but she made us a case for it to stand in, which matches the scrapbook!!!  AH!!  Genius!   This is why I don't scrapbook--I can't compete with this--since having Madeline I neither have the energy nor the braincells to come up with this sort of stuff!  Now, I know I'm making all of my other sister-n- law's green with envy, as Rachel's scrapbooking is always a prized present.  but I just can't resist posting these pictures,  and showing off this amazing present.  Thanks again Rach!  

Happy Valentine's Day (late)!

need I say more?  Hope you had some of these on V-day!!!  We had a great day, Adam made a really tasty Korean style filet mignon, with a salad and a Chocolate Lava Cake with raspberry Cheesecake ice cream for dessert.  YUM!  Not only did Adam do a great job of upping his cooking skills from TOAST to filet mignon, but I got to Surf the world wide web, instead of scrambling to get Madeline in bed while cooking dinner all while trying to keep a lid on the madness that ensues between 5-7 pm.  A welcome break, let me tell you.  

  I know I haven't posted in a while, but Happy Late V day, and here's to keepin' the love alive!

I love...

THIS!!  Cutest Quilts are here!   I am a very amateur quilter, (I've made two- and nothing this impressive) but I still LOVE quilting.  I love vintagy-handmade-heirloom stuff, and so quilting is a perfect art form for me.  I love that when you are quilting, you are having this sort of love affair with your fabrics.  You become OBSESSED; you can't quit until you have every piece of fabric that satisfies your craving placed in the perfect spot.  But the great thing is, you can have as many affairs as you want! When you finish one quilt, and are totally bored with your old lover, you move on to the next quilt.  haha.  and so it goes...  good thing I'm happily married or this would be a creepy post!

" Do you want to eat a baby?"

This is the yogurt we feed Madeline, it's called YoBaby.  It is expensive, but very healthy.  I have a thing against added cornsyrup in everyday foods which is why we buy this brand (can you believe they even add cornsyrup to Campbell's vegetable soup?  shocking,, I know. )  Anyway, she loves yogurt but doesn't yet understand the word "yogurt".  She does, however, understand the word "baby" and has catalogued in her head every single baby association she has made thus far in life.  Because each container of this yogurt has a baby on it, her yogurt is now associated with babies; and so when I ask her if she wants a yogurt, instead of asking "do you want a yogurt?" which will give me a blank star in response, I ususally just say "Madeline, do you want to eat a baby?"  lol.