SNAP! Insights 2014

Well, SNAP! has come and gone again. It seems like I was just blogging about SNAP! a few posts ago. Maybe that's because it was a few posts ago, and my posts have gotten farther and farther apart. More on where I've been and what I've been up to (other than succulents) in a future post. I first need to reflect on this past week's SNAP! adventures.

Mandy once again enjoyed a lovely three-day vaccay out west. I hear she got to hob-knob with big wigs from the social marketing departments of a well-known glue company, meet semi-famous celebrities, participate in a "thrift-store tour" (JEALOUS), do some 80's dancing with a bunch of blogging ladies (I've seen the videos making the social media rounds-and haven't slept well since), and share a bed with someone that she's known for years in the blog world but just met in real life (jealous, Kimbo).

Meanwhile, I got to hang with the kiddos for a few days and wear the mom and the dad hats. In typical bullet point fashion, here's a few things I learned while Mandy was away:

• Dishwashers stop working if you don't scrape the big chunks off before loading.
• Kids have a lot more fun at "Take Your Child to Work Day" when they get to ride a forklift vs staying home to do a craft.
• When you hear "my belly hurts" from the way-back seat of the mini-van, you have exactly six seconds to pass back a puke container.
• Six seconds is not enough.
• A paper plate is not a puke container.
• Speaking of plates, Corelle plates are not unbreakable.
• It helps to ask each kid if they remembered shoes before getting to the airport to pick up your wife entourage-style. 
• Piggy-back rides get a little long when the flight is 20 minutes late.

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The photo below contains graphic images, including a broken Corelle plate and some overheated eggs.

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The photo below contains graphic images of adult women having way to much fun.

SNAP! Insights

Mandy learned a lot at SNAP!. She learned about about Pinterest. She learned about making Google love her blog. She learned about making more money from blogging so she can buy me a Harley.

She also learned about succulents, which I had never heard of. Turns out it's not some sort of homemade lingerie, but crafting with live plants. I'm glad she got that life skill down.

While she was gone, I learned a few things as well:

• 90% of laundry is caused by pajamas and unnecessary outfit changes.
• 90% of washing dishes is caused by cups used once for a single drink of water.
• The easiest way to settle an argument between the kids about which night to eat out is to eat out every night.
• Ice cream is part of the diet when your wife's out of town.
• Our 4-year old can turn on my phone, hack it's passcode, and beat the hardest level on Angry Birds, but he can't make his own oatmeal. I'm not sure if that's a parenting success or failure.
• Your 6-year old daughter thinks it's great to be the last one picked up at soccer practice since the field has a jungle gym. Her coach doesn't think it's great.
• If you show up at the airport to pick your wife up with a pint-sized security detail, she will inevitably be the last one off the plane.