Zombie brains

 From Susan:

Sam got the Dr. Dreadful Zombie Lab for his birthday from a friend. I have to admit, it's kind of cool! The little "experiments" really work and are quirky (pour stuff into the skull, press something and it comes out the nostril and fizzes...stuff like that). 

Yesterday while Sam bounced in his exersaucer, Sam and I made the Zombie Bugs (inject stuff into molds to make gummy candy) and Zombie brains.

The brains were actually quite good. Sam, amazingly, doesn't like any of it. But, purist that he is, he still enjoys the ``experiments.''

Again from Susan:

The first thing we made with this "lab" was called "zombie vomit," and it was way, way grosser -- had a mucousy texture and I can barely bring myself to taste the tiniest bit. The zombie brains were much better.

Saturday we left Josh briefly in the crib and returned to find him standing, laughing and looking extremely pleased. It was as if he were saying, "I see you guys standing all the time--and look, I am standing too!"

Sucking on the railing as well. That's more his thing than ours.

Finally, he Joyful Singers (1st grade and under) singing Mary Had a Baby at our church. We are officially not supposed to sit up front and videotape our kids. (The focus of worship is God, after all.) Didn't stop me. Fortunately, the ipod is small enough to surreptitiously palm. Notice the kids are actually singing! Ms. Walsh did a great job with them.