It's finally here! The Nathan's Baby Facts Quiz!
Apparently I scared some people off by framing the last one as a competition to prove your friendship to Mattine. We all know you can't win Nathan's friendship through feats of internet quizery, so consider this one "just for fun." Except that the winner will still get a $5 Starbucks gift card. To encourage creative answering, and in honor of someone who accomplished this feat on Mattine's quiz, if you get ZERO right, you will also get a $5 Starbucks gift card. But you will be required to spend it on biscotti.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Mattine's Baby Facts Quiz Winner(s)
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Baby Facts Quiz! We have a winner, as well as a cheater, who will prosper after all.
Tied with 5 points each are Rebecca Strong and Mattine Hartzell. It says great things about Rebecca that 1) she has that awesome name, and 2) she knows as much about Mattine as a baby as Mattine herself knows. Rebecca, use the email link at the right or the Facebook page to send me your address, and I'll mail you your $5 Starbucks gift card. Mattine, I'll buy you some non-caffeinated, non-alcoholic, sushi-free beverage next time I see you.
Anyone who didn't get a chance to participate, if you can beat 5 correct answers, I'll send you a home-made drawing of a cup of coffee or a felt turtle. Your choice.
If any other participants want to know their score, you can email the blog, or comment on this post.
Coming later this week: NATHAN Baby Facts Quiz!
Tied with 5 points each are Rebecca Strong and Mattine Hartzell. It says great things about Rebecca that 1) she has that awesome name, and 2) she knows as much about Mattine as a baby as Mattine herself knows. Rebecca, use the email link at the right or the Facebook page to send me your address, and I'll mail you your $5 Starbucks gift card. Mattine, I'll buy you some non-caffeinated, non-alcoholic, sushi-free beverage next time I see you.
Anyone who didn't get a chance to participate, if you can beat 5 correct answers, I'll send you a home-made drawing of a cup of coffee or a felt turtle. Your choice.
If any other participants want to know their score, you can email the blog, or comment on this post.
Coming later this week: NATHAN Baby Facts Quiz!
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Second Sonogram
Guess what! Baby X and Baby 242.8 are now nearly 13 weeks old, which means it's time to take their pictures again! How many sonograms are there going to be, you may ask. Well you may ask Google, because I don't know.
For some reason, Mattine and her doctor and the technician that holds the laser that shoots into her belly to take the picture chose to refer to the babies as "Baby A" and "Baby B," rather than the cute pre-names I had picked out, but to each his own.
Here are your future stars:
According to our inside source, Baby A is a wiggler, and Baby B is the "shy, retiring type." This might be your last sonogram evidence to help you vote in the Baby Gender Poll, so get to it.
Also, I'm keeping the Starbucks card for myself if more people don't test their Baby Mattine Knowledge, and I don't even drink coffee. I'll just buy coffee and pour it out, right in front of you.
For some reason, Mattine and her doctor and the technician that holds the laser that shoots into her belly to take the picture chose to refer to the babies as "Baby A" and "Baby B," rather than the cute pre-names I had picked out, but to each his own.
Here are your future stars:
According to our inside source, Baby A is a wiggler, and Baby B is the "shy, retiring type." This might be your last sonogram evidence to help you vote in the Baby Gender Poll, so get to it.
Also, I'm keeping the Starbucks card for myself if more people don't test their Baby Mattine Knowledge, and I don't even drink coffee. I'll just buy coffee and pour it out, right in front of you.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Baby Mattine Facts
Welcome back to the virtual baby shower and get psyched for a new game! GET PSYCHED, I SAY!!
Okay, you seem sufficiently psyched. You may now compete in the Baby Mattine Quiz! We asked Carolyn and Milan Schmidt to tell us a little about what Mattine was like as an embryo and early human, quantified their responses, and created the below quiz so that you can compete for who is the best at knowing things about Mattine!
Your responses will be carefully scored, and the person with the best score (excluding genetic relations) will win a $5 Starbucks gift card. Cheating (e.g., asking Mattine, Carolyn or Milan the answers) is discouraged, not because it would give you an advantage, but because that is really pathetic and sad. Buy your own coffee, weirdo.
Let the game begin!
Okay, you seem sufficiently psyched. You may now compete in the Baby Mattine Quiz! We asked Carolyn and Milan Schmidt to tell us a little about what Mattine was like as an embryo and early human, quantified their responses, and created the below quiz so that you can compete for who is the best at knowing things about Mattine!
Your responses will be carefully scored, and the person with the best score (excluding genetic relations) will win a $5 Starbucks gift card. Cheating (e.g., asking Mattine, Carolyn or Milan the answers) is discouraged, not because it would give you an advantage, but because that is really pathetic and sad. Buy your own coffee, weirdo.
Let the game begin!
Friday, July 11, 2014
First sonogram
Welcome to the internet, Hartzell Twins!
Someday, when you're putting together your college applications, you'll hire a private detective to scour the internet for all the stupid pictures of you floating around cyberspace, and come across this. This is you at 7 weeks, when you were working on growing your heart and lungs and something called "limb buds." I'm going to go ahead and assume you eventually grew whole limbs. I guess we'll find out at your next sonogram in a couple months.
Virtual Baby Shower folks: Now that you've seen a picture, you can make a much more informed decision in the Baby Gender Poll. Get your votes in!
Next week we'll put up a new poll or game, so get excited.
Someday, when you're putting together your college applications, you'll hire a private detective to scour the internet for all the stupid pictures of you floating around cyberspace, and come across this. This is you at 7 weeks, when you were working on growing your heart and lungs and something called "limb buds." I'm going to go ahead and assume you eventually grew whole limbs. I guess we'll find out at your next sonogram in a couple months.
Virtual Baby Shower folks: Now that you've seen a picture, you can make a much more informed decision in the Baby Gender Poll. Get your votes in!
Next week we'll put up a new poll or game, so get excited.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Welcome to the Virtual Baby Shower!
As you may or may not have heard, Mattine is pregnant! With TWINS!! (That's Latin for "two babies at the same time.")
Two babies means double everything: cribs, strollers, diapers, bottles, motorcycles, onesies, diapers, play mats, bouncy castles, and diapers. What I hear about babies is that they poop. Luckily Mattine is up for cloth diapering, so feel free to buy her about a metric ton of those here.
You should soon receive / have received a super cute baby announcement with a "save the date" for the in-person shower. If you're in the Glen Burnie / Baltimore / Washington / Philadelphia / North American general region, you are very much encouraged to attend. There will probably be disgusting poop-based games and cucumber sandwiches. Or vice versa.
But, if you are currently visiting the moon or otherwise unable to attend in person, keep checking in here for an ongoing virtual baby shower. There will be games, polls (like the poll at the bottom of the page), quizzes, and prizes. We might even set up a Twitter account to document Mattine's growing belly, live tweet the in-person shower, and a third thing to end this list because lists need at least three things.
Thanks for checking in, and come back again soon!
~Aunt Becky
Two babies means double everything: cribs, strollers, diapers, bottles, motorcycles, onesies, diapers, play mats, bouncy castles, and diapers. What I hear about babies is that they poop. Luckily Mattine is up for cloth diapering, so feel free to buy her about a metric ton of those here.
You should soon receive / have received a super cute baby announcement with a "save the date" for the in-person shower. If you're in the Glen Burnie / Baltimore / Washington / Philadelphia / North American general region, you are very much encouraged to attend. There will probably be disgusting poop-based games and cucumber sandwiches. Or vice versa.
But, if you are currently visiting the moon or otherwise unable to attend in person, keep checking in here for an ongoing virtual baby shower. There will be games, polls (like the poll at the bottom of the page), quizzes, and prizes. We might even set up a Twitter account to document Mattine's growing belly, live tweet the in-person shower, and a third thing to end this list because lists need at least three things.
Thanks for checking in, and come back again soon!
~Aunt Becky
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