Frosting.

As many of you know we have fake grass in our backyard (don't get Brad started, he should seriously be a salesman for Heavenly Greens). There are so many perks to fake grass--you don't have to water it, you can "plant" it under oak trees and they won't die, you can play on it almost instantly after the rain, etc. But one thing that is really funny is that fake grass doesn't get frost.

Every morning after I get the kids up from bed I look out the upstairs window to try to see how cold it might be outside. But I'm usually totally deceived because our grass is always bright green. It's not until we're usually out the door, way under dressed for the cold, and I see frost all over our neighbors lawns.

Today as we were heading out the door Jacob said, "Where did all the frosting go? Why don't we have frosting?" Frosting? Hmm...I didn't quite get it.

"Frosting? Where sweetie?" I said.

"The frosting on our neighbors lawns," he replied.

"Oh, you mean frost. The sun melts it. It's not frosting--you can't eat it."

"Oh, ok," he said with a little frown forming.

So I guess I found my first downside to fake grass. Your poor kids end up thinking there is frosting over all the neighbors lawns and are sadly disappointed when they realize it's not the same sugary stuff on top of cupcakes.