Weird fungus - bright orange. What is it?

It was growing on our nearly-dead tree outside my window. I couldn't get a good picture of it, but the limb fell down recently (honestly, the best thing to do would be to chop down the whole tree now, but nobody listens when I say that) so I went up and took two pictures, one of the underside and one of the... uh... otherside.

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Another -cdote from Halloween

We were sitting in the kitchen, and I told Evangeline "Can you say trick-or-treat?" which prompted the following (much abbreviated) conversation:

Angelique: *pointing* Can you say table?
Evangeline: Tabo
Angelique: *pointing* Can you say chair?
Evangeline: Tair
Angelique: *pointing to sling* Can you say... uh...
Evangeline: Sing?
Angelique: Sling? Can you say sling?
Evangeline: Sing.
Me: *stifled giggling*

Speaking of their language....

Angelique has, for a while now, been saying "yellow" as "lello". She's also been saying "oil" as "oylul", but I didn't connect the two until yesterday, when I realized that when we say "oil" it comes out "oi-yul" with a clear y in it. So... y before l makes l?

The trouble is, I don't know any more words that have a y before an l, at least not off the top of my head, so I can't test this hypothesis very well. But I think it makes sense, anyway.

What's really funny is that she didn't used to do this. She used to say them more or less correctly, and then started doing that all of a sudden. But maybe I'm wrong here, and misremembering.

Edit: Of course, there's yell. I have to try that. Maybe I'll ask her to ask her sister if she can say that... *is devious*

Edit again: Of course, I *know* that yell and yellow are very similar. I still need other words. Like yodel if the d weren't there.

La-da-da-da-da....

Apparently, Gladrags will send you a free pad if you link to them and tell them about it.

Well, I'm always up for more free!

Edit: And I was right! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Lunapads *also* is supposed to have a "one free if you link to us" offer

And a cloth pad is a cloth pad - man, what a great idea. It seems like an idea that should have been invented thousands of years ago somehow :)

Haiku, and daily update post thing.

Running and laughing
Why are they so hyper now?
Oh - daylight savings.

So, we'd invited a friend and her two kids over for dinner today. Unfortunately, her oldest and Angelique don't always get along (like, at all), but today they played nicely with each other, so that was good. Her Oldest had decided he was "the policeman", which was good, because we sorely needed one. He ran into the kitchen twice, came straight to me, and went "Excuse me! Come quickly!"

The first time, he followed up with "They've all gone wild in there!" and he was right. I walk in and find three children jumping in the crib, which they really must not do. I pulled them all out, and told Angelique sternly that "I helped them all get in!" is really nothing to be proud of when she knows better.

The second time, he followed up with "It's all in the crib!" - and I walked in and quickly called Jenn while hiding my face so they wouldn't see my laughing. They'd chucked all the canned goods into the crib. It's all in the crib, indeed.

He's a sweet kid. I just wish he and Angelique didn't butt heads quite so often - honestly, once they started playing together, they seemed to have a lot of fun, and, dammit, I like his mother! I will hang out with her, and talk! Even if the kids hate it! (So often, one ends up talking to people one doesn't really like *all* that much, because the kids get along. It's good for them to get a taste of their own medicine once a week.)