It's been a great Thanksgiving Break. Merle (Rod's Dad) and Linda arrived Wednesday afternoon with, literally, armfuls of homemade cookies and pies. I will seriously need to go on a fast this week to deal with the excessive amount of desserts that were consumed! Elizabeth and her family arrived on Wednesday also, although they stayed with my Mom and Dad. We had 17 people at the Thanksgiving table, and the food was wonderful. The company was even better. We managed to get family photos taken, which was not an easy task...
Some of my favorite moments:
Caleb (Elizabeth's 3 yr old): Repeatedly asked "Can I please have some dirt?" [Dirt=Dessert]
On the way over to my parents' house:
Evelyn: "Kenneth stop it!"
Kenneth: "Stop what?"
Evelyn: "Tooting! You need to go to Toot-oring [tutoring] to learn to stop tooting!"
Reviewing a Harry & David catalog with Caleb in my lap:
Erin: "Oooh I like all this food. Nuts, cheese, apples, pears...What is your favorite food on this page, Caleb?"
Caleb: "I pretty much like pizza, mac a woni and cheese, chicken nuggets, that kind of food. Not that stuff."
Regarding a nightshirt with obvious static cling:
Evelyn: "Every time I see my cousins 4 days in a row, my nightshirt does this."
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
One More Soccer Weekend
The kids have wrapped up their Fall soccer season with the exception of one more tournament for Kenneth's team. Per the usual psychotic nature of soccer planning, the games start at 8 AM on a Saturday and are in a town about 25 minutes from our house. Argh.
My Aunt Pat and Uncle Henry visited my parents this week and we went over for appetizers and wine on Tuesday evening. It was great seeing them again and the kids enjoyed it too. They went home with a couple of new games that Pat bought for them and are looking forward to trying them out. Board games on the weekend are pretty standard for us.
I took a personal day from work today and relaxed in the morning at Upper Crust Bakery, reading some of the many catalogs that have besieged my mailbox since November began. After lunch I went to the school and helped out Evelyn's teacher by folding/stapling classwork, then helped out Kenneth's teacher as well. I also brought in some $$ from Taiwan so that I could show the kids what money from a different part of the world looked like. For Kenneth's class, I showed them how to convert from Taiwan dollars (TWD) to U.S. dollars (USD). They were impressed with the $500 TWD, which was only about $16 USD. We ended the day with (unfortunately) flu shots for both kids. Normally, Evelyn would qualify for FluMist (Kenneth's mild asthma prohibits proper intake of the FluMist) but they were out of their supply--so she had an unexpected shot and was not thrilled about it. A hospital cafeteria popsicle post-shot made life a bit better.
My Aunt Pat and Uncle Henry visited my parents this week and we went over for appetizers and wine on Tuesday evening. It was great seeing them again and the kids enjoyed it too. They went home with a couple of new games that Pat bought for them and are looking forward to trying them out. Board games on the weekend are pretty standard for us.
I took a personal day from work today and relaxed in the morning at Upper Crust Bakery, reading some of the many catalogs that have besieged my mailbox since November began. After lunch I went to the school and helped out Evelyn's teacher by folding/stapling classwork, then helped out Kenneth's teacher as well. I also brought in some $$ from Taiwan so that I could show the kids what money from a different part of the world looked like. For Kenneth's class, I showed them how to convert from Taiwan dollars (TWD) to U.S. dollars (USD). They were impressed with the $500 TWD, which was only about $16 USD. We ended the day with (unfortunately) flu shots for both kids. Normally, Evelyn would qualify for FluMist (Kenneth's mild asthma prohibits proper intake of the FluMist) but they were out of their supply--so she had an unexpected shot and was not thrilled about it. A hospital cafeteria popsicle post-shot made life a bit better.
Monday, November 12, 2007
You're Killing Me
I got back from Taiwan late Friday night (or early Saturday morning, depending on how you look at it). On my 5+ hour layover in LAX, I saw Kimora Lee Simmons (not so famous celebrity) and Meg Ryan (definite A-list celebrity). According to a couple of American Airlines workers I befriended during my lengthy stay, I had "just missed" Danny Devito. LAX is happening. Today was very hard as far as jet lag since it was a full day of work. My eyes were red by about 2 PM. I will be heading to bed pretty soon.
In my absence, Evelyn spent some time admiring my (mostly costume) jewelry in my closet. I could tell because things were rearranged just enough that I knew someone had been looking. One of the things I do as resident tooth fairy is store their teeth in separate little containers. Kenneth has long been aware that the tooth fairy is not real, but Evelyn was holding on. One of the containers that held teeth was placed on top of my main jewelry box. The conversation went like this:
Little E: "Is the tooth fairy real?"
Bigger E: "What do you think? Let's talk about it."
Little E: "I'm not so sure. I found a tooth on your floor!"
Bigger E: "Really, because I noticed that some of my jewelry containers were rearranged and one of those containers had your teeth in them."
Little E: "Are you the tooth fairy?"
Bigger E: "Yes, I am."
Little E: "You're killing me!" (Incredulous look...)
In my absence, Evelyn spent some time admiring my (mostly costume) jewelry in my closet. I could tell because things were rearranged just enough that I knew someone had been looking. One of the things I do as resident tooth fairy is store their teeth in separate little containers. Kenneth has long been aware that the tooth fairy is not real, but Evelyn was holding on. One of the containers that held teeth was placed on top of my main jewelry box. The conversation went like this:
Little E: "Is the tooth fairy real?"
Bigger E: "What do you think? Let's talk about it."
Little E: "I'm not so sure. I found a tooth on your floor!"
Bigger E: "Really, because I noticed that some of my jewelry containers were rearranged and one of those containers had your teeth in them."
Little E: "Are you the tooth fairy?"
Bigger E: "Yes, I am."
Little E: "You're killing me!" (Incredulous look...)
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