Ants, Soy Milk and Shot Glasses

My house is absolutely crawling with ants. They are seriously everywhere. On my couch, on the walls, on the carpet, in the kitchen, in the laundry, in the bathroom...every where!  The word around here is that they come out when it's about to rain, so they're sort of a barometer (is that the right word?)  I hate ants! I sweep and vacuum and clean the floors, but no matter what...they come back with a vengeance. They even crawl up my legs and feet when I'm sitting on the couch where they are crawling. Now, as I'm typing, I'm starting to nervously scratch my head! One more thing, when you kill them they smell like pine needles. Very strange.  

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Today Silas discovered that he LOVES strawberry soy milk. And he also discovered the little plastic shot glasses in the pantry. I came home from work today to find him pouring a perfect shot (more like 100 shots) of soy milk into his shot glass. I'm not sure if it's just the novelty of the "baby" glass or what, but he's gone through a whole liter in a two hour period :) Do you think strawberry soy milk is okay to get hooked on? 

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One last thing...you know when your child is an Australian when they come out saying things like "hold me like a wee baby" and only eating Vegemite sandwiches, when they call their flip flops "thongs" and refer to their diapers as "nappies". Silas totally makes me laugh sometimes. His accent is so thick, I think I'll have to interpret for everyone at home :) But, seriously now, what's not to love about the Australian accent. It's just beautiful. And in just a few months the whole Ballantyne family will be true-blue Aussies. I'm up for citizenship in February. Cool hey?