A few months ago The Monster and I made a special trip to Chinatown. In addition to paying the taxman we wandered around in search of something very special - kid friendly chopsticks. I couldn't tell you the name of the store we found them in, with me not speaking Cantonese or Mandarin. But we found the pint sized chopsticks and the little black plastic chopsticks training. I don't know if that's what you call it, but I refer to is as the training wheels for the chopsticks.

And here is the household's favourite use for chopsticks: eating potato chips. Hubby has been doing this for as long as I've known him. Before you scoff and giggle at this odd habit, think about it for a minute. Most of us eat chips while watching TV. If you use chopsticks you do not have the lick your fingers or get the remote greasy. Ingenious, right?

So Hubby has The Monster trained up. Now, if only I could get him to stop feeding her chips.