I Usually Don't...

Start my Christmas thinking/planning/doing until Dec. 1, just to be sure to give Thanksgiving it's due. But I have come to realize that I really should do a little pre-December planning so that I am ready. Take for instance that I forget about the advent calendar until like the 10th, bad. And our St. Nicholas festivities are usually thrown together a bit as I have forgotten/not prepared in advance. SOOOO... lets get started a little earlier! I have started a nice link box over there on the right with Christmas ideas. Let me know what you like and reply with any other links you enjoy!

Riley

Last night when he asked me to trim his nails he brought me the big clippers not the baby clippers. And he now prefers to take a shower, it is weird not to bathe him. How can it go by so fast!

My Quiet Book

For mom!

This Week!

My baby boy turned 6! How can it be! Yesterday was Jake's birthday, he says 6 is pretty good. Before bed we got out the photo album that has his first few months pictures in it. I just can't believe it!

It was also Grandpa M.'s birthday we surprised him with a video happy birthday call on skype. We got a big smile! :) We love you Grandpa!
Here is Yoda as the kids have dubbed her. They all love giving her a light saber now that she is so grabby and they think it is hysterical that she tries to eat it! :)


I captures a great Leili smile while nursing the other day, photography while nursing is a little like juggling jello. Trust me! :)

Look at our two purple princesses! Beautiful girls who look so very different from each other!

Dad, Daughters, and Cupcakes!

Feliz Dia De Los Muertos!

In our family we take any opportunity to have an excuse to have yummy Mexican food, so of course we celebrate The Day of the Dead! We also usually make it into a family home evening, kind of a genealogy holiday!Here is Mama, and Leili making Great-grandma M.'s Mexican rice. And of course Mama is wearing her Day of the Dead apron! Festive, Festive!
This year money, patience, and sleep are all so short that our celebration was a bit muted compared to other years. But Jake and mama made agua de jamaica, and dad, Jake, &Fern made pan de muretos! YUMMM! We also made some refried beans and had burritos, it was all so good! If you want any of the recipes let me know!!
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Now for the yummy part of Halloween night!

We made Cherish's Potato soup using a pumpkin as the squash, mmmm!

Then we took the seeds from said pumpkin and made some roasted pumpkin seeds!

To go with our seeds, The Great Pumpkin, and Garfield facing scary pirates for Halloween candy, we made caramel corn! MMMMM!

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Happy November!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

The army man...

the bee...

with her flower...

and the wizard!

Hope yours is spooky!

More tomorrow... maybe!