Sunday, December 4, 2011

Our Christmas Tree



This is actually our first Christmas tree. We weren't very interested in having a tree before we had kids. When Gabe was younger, the house we were in was very small didn't really accomodate a tree well. Made an already cramped living room more cramped. Right now we just have lights and the tree topper. We plan on taking Gabe to pick out some ornaments.







Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ok, I pressed "enter" before I could finish my post! Anyway, here is what I cooked up. Hope everyone's holiday was good!

Brussels sprouts+garlic stir-fry

Turkey in the Crockpot. Meat fell off the bone.

Chocolate Hazelnut tart

Potato+parsnip w/carmelized onions
and blue cheese



Sunday, November 6, 2011

Zach pic, NaBloPoMo

I took this pic of Zach last week and I thought he looked so much like Craig.



You're probably wondering, what the heck is NoBloPoMo? National Blog Posting Month. I am participating in this with my other blog. Basically, the goal is to post one post a day for the month of November. It's only day 6, but I haven't missed a day. Check in now and again throughout the month and leave a comment.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

The letter "K" is rescued

The letter K was missing.

Gabe has an alphabet puzzle and at some point we couldn't find the letter K. We thought maybe it got lost in the move last year, but I distinctly remember marveling, when we packed it up, that none of the letters had gotten lost.

But the letter K was M.I.A.

So after all these months, about two weeks ago, Craig decided to check underneath the fridge and lo and behold…




Gabe was very happy to have the letter K back. He pretends to lose and find it again, too. I asked him today what words begin with letter K and he said, "Kite and kick."



Monday, October 24, 2011

Um...just stuff

It's been a while! Here is a link to the latest article I had published in Portland Family Magazine about unschooling. Had some friends over last night who are vegetarian, so I made a vegetable pot pie (a recipe I got from another friend who made it for us right after Zach was born). It was very tasty!

Gabe is going to a birthday party this coming weekend where the theme is, of course, Halloween. He is going to be a pirate. Zach will be a pumpkin (if he tolerates being in the costume). Two years ago, I was Lt. Uhura from Star Trek for Halloween, but this year I just bought some cat ears that blink.

I'll just post a few new photos of the boys.



At the LegoLand party at the
Children's Museum.


With his friend Ariella at the
Children's Museum.


Counting fish.


Big bro, little bro.


Saturday, September 10, 2011

Summer visit with mom/bro

We didn't do much in terms of outings because Zach freaks out if he is stuck in the car seat for longer than 15 min. He has gotten a lot better lately, though. Here are a few pics:



An outdoor concert










Picking blueberries

Coloring Thomas trains


Gordon


Henry


All 8 steamies