The 100% accurate (but not at all scientific) baby gender test

My sister and brother-in-law have a fun baby gender test--you make a cake that is half pink, half blue, then cover the cake with frosting so you can't see the colored sides. The dad spins the cake while the mom closes her eyes. With her eyes still closed, the mom places the knife on the cake. She then gets to open her eyes so she doesn't cut off her fingers, and she has to cut where she placed the knife. Whatever color slice she gets is the baby's gender.

They did this when Lindsay was pregnant, and she cut a blue slice months before she delivered Daniel. I think Maren even had a friend cut a blue and pink slice, and she had twins. So yes--it's a fabulous non-scientific test that has been correct the half dozenish times Maren and Rikky have done/seen it.

Maren and Rikky made us a cake last Sunday and it justified my recent baby quilt fabric purchase: I got a pink slice. So now we wait a couple weeks to see if their test can remain 100% accurate. I'd hate to be the one to break the trend. Especially with all the cute pink fabric I just bought (I know, I know, I totally tempted the Karma gods).

Spring

My parents found the coolest thing in their backyard--a hummingbird nest! It's fascinating, and so tiny (not surprising, because hummingbirds aren't big, but it's still neat how small the nest is).

I love the picture of the mama hummingbird because you never see a hummingbird sitting still.

There are two babies in this nest, and they're pretty dang cute. They're about an inch and a half long--they look like black crickets. The really interesting thing about the babies is they have normal bird beaks, not the long ones the adults have. Apparently that develops later. I did not know that. (I'm not an orni-whosiwhatsit* who studies birds, so I make no claim that any of this information is factual. Just observed by a non-animal lover who actually really likes hummingbirds.)

I tried to get a picture of the babies in the nest, but the angle is bad so I apologize that you can't really see the babies. They're in there, I promise, and they're tiny. And cute.
* Yes, I Googled ornithologist, and yes, I went with comedic value over accuracy.

Another recommendation

My sister recommended and I just finished Life of Pi. It was excellent. I think she recommends books that are huge hits at BYU, and I read them right before they smash into the mainstream (see Twilight). So I'm going to try to help this book smash through.

Many books I can't put down, but this book is so well written I almost couldn't stop thinking about it. I haven't read a book by someone who can really write in a long time. It's amazing because what he writes about, especially at the beginning, isn't necessarily interesting to me, but his writing was of such a caliber that I found myself intensely interested in what he was saying.

So yes, go get Life of Pi and read it. And report back.