All I want for Christmas...

I woke up this morning to walk down the hall to find that Noah had moved the stool over to face Elfie (or Ella-fee as Chloe says) and read off his Starwars Lego wish list.  I could swear Elfie was listening attentively.

Thankful Day

Happy Thanksgiving 2011! We celebrated with the Felsmanns this year in Huntington Beach. Juan and Lisa hosted at their house with an array of yummy food. Odily whipped up a brie and apricot spread that was amazing and I had more than my fair share. So much in fact that dessert for me was reserved to the following day!  The turkey, squash soup, stuffing, sweet potatoe souffle (with pecans and coconut), sweet rolls, cranberries, mashed potatoes...were all scrumptious.  The kids all had fun seeing exactly how well Gondola could really fetch and then broke out the Twister after dinner. Michael was the only adult to have a go on the dots with the kids.  Greyson had his first "real food" dinner of sweet potatoes and had the same response as most babies to their first food.  Utter confusion and bewilderment, combined with curiosity.

A traditional Thanksgiving Mentos and Soda Pop Geiser!

Aunt Mandi and Tio Joaquin gave the kids a goodie bag on Thanksgiving that included a "bottle rocket" that was activated by dropping Mentos candies into a 2L of soda.  It was a blast.  Literally.  Figuratively.