The Apple Test

I had a theory.

 

It being that my children, particularly Sadie, based their choice of apple off of its color and not its taste.

I couldn't believe that it was just a coincidence that Sadie's favorite color was green AND her favorite apple happened to be green.  

 

After all, how different could a green apple and a red apple taste? :)

(Here is where I admit that I have never really eaten more than a small bite of an apple.)

 

The adherence to a certain color proved frustrating to me when buying apples. I had to remember which color each particular child liked, AND I could never buy the large bags of apples (which would have saved me money) because they all liked different colors.

 

Enter: The Apple Test!

 

Blindfolded, I subjected them to 7 different kinds of apples (and one cucumber, hee, hee), and had them give each one a simple ranking.

 

Love It, Like It, Don't Like It.

 

 

The apple choices were, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Gala, Braeburn, Golden Delicious, Fuji, and Honey Crisp.

All blindfolded up:



The test begins!





This one (The Gala) proved to be universally disliked. Check out their faces:



The rogue cucumber!



The results were in.

And.....It turns out I was completely wrong!

They were actually basing their choices off of taste and not appearance.

I'm proud of them.

Sadie's Favorite: Golden Delicious (The one she has always insisted was her favorite.)
Sadie's Least Favorite: Gala/Braeburn

Jackson's Favorite: Red Delicious (The one he has always insisted was his favorite.)
Jackson's Least Favorite: Gala/Granny Smith/Honey Crisp

Megan's Favorite: The Cucumber (she isn't much of an apple lover), and the Granny Smith
Megan's Least Favorite: Gala/Braeburn

Eric and I decided to take a turn too:



It was a bit torturous for me. I had to actually spit the first one out, as I was fearful I would throw up right at the table if I had to swallow it.



It turns out that my favorite, AND Eric's favorite was the Gala. Which you may remember was universally disliked by all of the children!

My least favorite were the Golden Delicious (vomit inducing) the Fuji and the Granny Smith.
Eric's least favorite was the Honey Crisp.

It seems I have a future full of buying different kinds (and colors) of apples ahead of me.

Truck Races

Announcement:

Congratulation Cheryl for being the only person to correctly identify John "Cougar" Mellencamp's song, "Cherry Bomb" in my birthday post. Expect your prize soon!

Now onto today's post:

While I was risking my life at our last Adventure Angels activity, Eric took the kids to the World Truck Series at the Speedway. We have been to the bullring at the Speedway before, but this was everyones first time visiting the big track.

To make the race a bit more exciting they each chose a car at the start of the race to root for. According to Eric, the chosen car ended up being a revolving door of sorts, based on who was in the lead, what truck broke down, etc. I believe Megan's car ended up winning in the end, but I also believe it was the second or possibly third truck she ended up choosing.

It was loud!!! And subsequently this is how the kids watched the majority of the race:




Jackson checking out the competition:



 I do believe they all had an enjoyable night at the races:




Although I also had an enjoyable night, I must admit that as I was hanging off a ledge 900 feet above the ground at the Stratosphere I was wishing pretty hard I was instead watching trucks race around a circle. And that's really saying something, since I don't find racing to be the most exciting of activities.

17 Has Turned 35

I have been waiting to turn 35 for years just so I could use that song lyric as my post title!

 

And...If anyone comments on this blog post and knows what song it comes from I will send you a gift!

(Kellie & Rachael: Since you are my two regular commenters you have a really great chance of winning!!!)

 

But seriously 17
 

 

Has Turned 35.

Check out how I am wearing the same vest in both pictures! It wasn't even planned. Although as a 17 year old you may notice that it actually buttoned up.

Moving along.........

I started my birthday off by having breakfast with some of my friends:



 Amy, Cheryl, Me & Rachael

Sharing any meal with friends is kind of one of the best parts of life. Right?

I received lots of GREAT, heartfelt cards this year. EXCEPT this one from Cheryl:




Just you wait until your birthday in May Cheryl!

You may know that I am obsessed with Donut Gems? Along with a Diet Coke and peanuts I have them every morning for breakfast. Thanks to Rachael (and Eric) my stock has sufficiently replenished:



Rachael did you receive any flack from the clerk at the convenience store while purchasing these multiple packs?

After Eric arrived home from work I opened my presents:



I received lots of homemade gifts from the kids. Including tickets for free hugs, massages, and art work, along with a ticket (from Jackson) to take him back to the Adventuredome by November.

I also received lots of cool stuff, including, jewelry, a safe, candles, lotion, soap, and money!

After dinner we came home for cake. Eric stayed up late the night before my birthday making me a double decker German chocolate cake! My favorite:



Impressive!

Sade and Jackson finding room for all 35 candles:



I am happy to report I was able to blow the candles out all at once!!

Thank you to everyone that spent time with me, called me, texted me, or facebooked me on my birthday! It was so nice.

Four More Years

On Saturday afternoon Eric brought me home an early birthday present!

Tickets to see President Obama speak on Sunday evening!



He really loves me.

It was a grassroots rally, featuring the Mexican Superstar Band Mana! Which I have never heard of, but who are apparently incredibly famous.

I abhor crowds and was feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of finding parking and dealing with the hoards of people, but luckily I have Eric to handle those sorts of things and convince me it wouldn't be any big deal.

And of course, he was right. Although the walk to the high school did prove to be quite long.



During the election season there are not too many things to love about living in a swing state (I can't take any more political ads!), but one major benefit is we get lots of visits from the candidates.

We arrived at the high school about an hour after they had opened the gates. All of the bleachers were already filled so we joined the group on the grass.




The Secret Service on the roof:



Me and my people:

:)



There were over 11,000 of us supporters there.

It was so super hot! Luckily the sun went down soon after Mana, THE MEXICAN SUPERSTAR band performed.

Then the wait was on. At just a bit after 6:30 p.m. President Obama walked out.



I was glad they had this big screen, since I couldn't see a thing!

Sometimes it is not so great being short.

 Although I did have Eric lift me up a few times.




I'm so glad I went.

 I only wish the kids could have come too!

As a caveat: This post is not intended to spark any political discussions, arguments or bad feelings. Love and light.