Not enough time for a long post, but SkyWalker had to talk at morning program this morning at school. The video for those of you logged in and in my neighborhood:
This is completely embarrassing, but here goes:
I've almost never had an oven that wasn't self-cleaning. If I did, it was in one of my early apartments and I didn't stay long enough in the place to bother cleaning it.
So--what's the best (and greenest) way to go about it? I would like to avoid using the super-nasty chemical stuff as much as possible. Any tips?
Thanks!
Littleman will never cease to make us laugh. I uploaded some pictures the other day and found these:
This must be what he's doing while I am changing diapers....I love, LOVE that my kid is such a character.
Also, Papabear and I recently discovered that Littleman has an interesting way of saying November and December. For some reason he adds "derf" to the end. So, he says, "Novemberderf" and "Decemberderf." Go ahead, say it out loud a couple of times - we were in tears.
Here's the "snow" we had the other day.
I have a video up on facebook of the snowfall, I'll try to get it up here soon.
Littleman has finally begun to show an interest in letters and writing. Here's a drawing of the two of us. (I'm on the right, you can tell by the hair.) :-)
And finally, this year's gingerbread house.
Chewie had her first spoonful of cereal at Thanksgiving dinner and followed it with the whole bowl. You know how they say start out with 1 tablespoon and go slow? No such thing with my girls. She did not gag once, she did not refuse once, she ate and ate and ate and finished a full serving. The next day she did refuse it at dinner because she was tired so it's not like she doesn't know how to say no. She's been doing good with it, except she started getting a little constipated and was up at night again (to put that in perspective, she was up at 10 and then again at 4/5. So really, who am I to complain?). I started oatmeal yesterday morning to try to help in that area. Last night was the worst in that she was crying quite a bit and then this morning during breakfast she was crying A LOT. She had poop when she woke up this morning and I don't think she's stopped since. I decided to skip the cereal this morning and give her a rest. I gave her oatmeal at lunch and might just stick with that today instead of doing the rice for dinner. She is at least smiling now and she was NOT doing that this morning. I think she really needed to get her poop out and now that's it coming all at once her little heiney is getting sore. And this sounds SO FAMILIAR does it not? I'm going to start fruits soon and hopefully she will balance out and get regular again.
If I ever have another wedding, I'm totally getting one of these:
Hand-tied goat bouquet--it's what all the fashionable brides will be carrying this season!
for some SERIOUS cuteness! Can you believe his shirt says "little guy"??????? AND, it was only three bucks at WalMart! This might be the most perfect picture I have ever taken. Ever.
And I almost wish these two were related so this could be my christmas card!!!!
Can you stand it???? I know, neither can I. *sigh* Such cuties....
Well, technically, the turkey is still with us in the form of blessed leftovers! Mmmmm, can't wait for my sandwich at lunch today. I prepped everything for turkey day the day before, so all there was to do was put the turkey in the oven and wait. SO, we decided to put up our tree. As I have mentioned, Littleman is beyond excited about the holidays, so we went ahead and got them rolling. We had a really nice morning together and a very nice afternoon with the family. Here are some photos:
These two are just of LittleGuy gearing up for chilly mornings...
Papabear is always cracking me up...
Yes, our tree topper is a chicken.
I included this one not so much to showcase our tree but to show that while my boobs and belly continue to grow, my butt appears to be keeping itself at bay.
This is serious business for Littleman.
The beloved 19 lb turkey....
LittleGuy hung out here for two hours while we decorated the tree!!
Always love an opportunity to use the wedding china.
My little turkeys with grandma (Maday).
Let the feasting begin!!
Grandma brought some fun stuff!
I can be an airplane, too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Old." "Ugly" And sometimes just plain "Unpopular".
They're the shelter dogs nobody wants. Week after week, month after month, they sit and wait for someone to take them home. They watch as their younger, cuter, smaller, more outgoing neighbours find people to love them. They wag their tails and look out their cages and try to say "please choose me, I may not be pretty, or a puppy, but I promise I'll be a good dog." But other pooches always seem to steal their spotlight.
Until now. In an amazing stroke of creative genius, a collective of Montreal artists and dog lovers has come up with the Underdog Club. It's a way to give special dogs a better chance of finding their forever home.
The Club is an art gallery/adoption shelter. Expressive black and white portraits of dogs, taken by prominent photographers, line the walls. You can buy the gorgeous, framed pictures. But you can also leave with the model, because all of the photographed dogs are there on site, ready to go.
I love these people. I have to stop looking at the dogs on their website because I am going to end up driving to Montreal and getting several.
