teaching them to play with fire (and marshmallows)

since it is apparently not going to get hot and stay hot outside, we haven't gotten around to turning our fireplace off. and since it was too chilly to do anything outside the other night, we decided to make s'mores. in the fireplace. in our house.

mama doesn't do anything remotely related to camping. yes, i did girl scouts for a year or two. but that was just for the cookies. and then i realized that you didn't have to actually BE a girl scout to get the cookies. and i was outta there!!

so, i let the eagle scout in the house take over the s'more-making duty. he can unravel a coat hanger like nothing you've ever seen. and, the boy can roast a mean marshmallow. yep...all those badges came in handy. (you do get a badge for marshmallow roasting, right?)

getting it all nice and gooey...


mmmmmm...


oh forget the roasting, and just give him a "maf-meh-woh!"