Sleepovers - Make Toast!

My 13 year old son had 4 of his friends stay the night in a tent in our yard Monday night. They aren't scrawny, little, awkward boys. They're football playing, almost man sized, lets-see who-can -eat -the-most kind of boys. They devoured three loaves of bread, two pounds of cheese, a jar or two of sauce (mountain pies), a pack of hot dogs/buns, a dozen of eggs, half gallon of milk, case of soda, 2 qt Crystal Light, some bottled water and two bags of chips. I'm quite certain they would have eaten more if I would have put it out.

Last night my 10 year old had two kids over. They don't eat much at all. Partly because they are younger and smaller - partly because the bigger kids ate it all the night before.

I learned something though. They all love toast. All I heard was " Mmmmm. I love toast. That was really good toast! This toast is so good. etc." IT WAS JUST PLAIN TOAST! I did put a shaker out with cinnamon and sugar, but they liked the plain buttered toast as well. I highly recommend serving it at your next sleepover. It's a crowd pleaser, and keeps them quite for a good half an hour!

Pittsburgh Steelers Training Camp

Yesterday, we were at the Steelers training camp. It is an awesome experience! We went last year and had a great time. We hope to get there again next week or the week after....maybe both :) The kids got some autographs and were thrilled to see the players up close. A few players are kind enough to spend a great deal of time signing autographs. This year TYRONE CARTER made my kids' day. He was the first to offer them an autograph. Some others were HEATH MILLER, DANIEL SEPULVEDA, CLARK HAGGANS and JASON CAPIZZI. Man, that Capizzi is one big guy! Despite being about five feet from HINES WARD we failed to get an autograph....again. Sigh. Really, we are thrilled to have an autograph from any player and grateful they gave us the time of day. They brought a tremendous amount of happiness to these kids!