The Nobel Patience Prize

Without taking away in the slightest from the life-changing contributions previous Nobel Peace Prize winners have made to society, I would like to propose that perhaps a Nobel Patience Prize would be a bit more suited to my current lifestyle. Full days in a science lab, I do not have. Full days with young children... Yep, I definitely log in some of those!

This morning Lydia "helped" me make a batch of granola. It looked like this:

That, friends, is a patience building exercise!

And, to fully appreciate this second photo, you need to know that while she goes about her work of sweeping (aka spreading small particles of trash around the house) she chants to herself in a sing-song voice "Helping. Helping mommy. Helping. Helping."


She's two days away from her 18 month birthday. And in the space of about 15 minutes can steal most of your heart, and your patience :) Oh how I love this little girl!