Sarah pointed out the fact that when we read certain stories to the girls, they interact with the stories. For example, they love "Five Little Monkeys," which is about five monkeys jumping on their bed, the girls will laugh when we read the part about them jumping. When we come to the part about them falling off the bed, Ella taps her head. When we get to the part about the doctor saying no more jumping, they will signal "No, no". Very cute.
Also, their molars are coming in big time!
Monday, November 26, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Thanksgiving
We had a great time on Thanksgiving yesterday. See below for more details of what we did on Thanksgiving
The day started out pretty normal - Sarah, the twins, and I hung out at the house in the early morning. I went over to Marie's to help setup for about an hour. We had the carpets cleaned a few days before and I vacuumed in the morning, so the place looked great! When I got home, Sherri arrived to help peel persimmons. We've been drying loads of them the past week or so. After Sherri left, we started making our mashed potatoes. I kind of goofed a little because I put the boiled potatoes in the mixer and added the milk and other things before I mashed the potatoes. So we had a few little lumps in our final product. :) But they tasted fine - a little heavy. I need to find a way to make them lighter and fluffier.
We finished the potatoes in plenty of time to get over to Aunt Marie's (she's 101 this year). I think there were 10 or 12 people at Marie's. We had some nice appetizers before I helped carve the turkey while Sarah, Sherri, and some of Marie's friends helped watch the girls. After dinner, there was chocolate cake, apple pie, pumpkin pie with apple butter topping, and ice cream. I know that my favorite parts of the whole meal were, in this order:
1) Sweet Potato Casserole
2) Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
3) Turkey
4) Stuffing
Those were my favorites, even over dessert, that's how good the food was. There were lots of other things to enjoy, and we all had a great time.
The day started out pretty normal - Sarah, the twins, and I hung out at the house in the early morning. I went over to Marie's to help setup for about an hour. We had the carpets cleaned a few days before and I vacuumed in the morning, so the place looked great! When I got home, Sherri arrived to help peel persimmons. We've been drying loads of them the past week or so. After Sherri left, we started making our mashed potatoes. I kind of goofed a little because I put the boiled potatoes in the mixer and added the milk and other things before I mashed the potatoes. So we had a few little lumps in our final product. :) But they tasted fine - a little heavy. I need to find a way to make them lighter and fluffier.
We finished the potatoes in plenty of time to get over to Aunt Marie's (she's 101 this year). I think there were 10 or 12 people at Marie's. We had some nice appetizers before I helped carve the turkey while Sarah, Sherri, and some of Marie's friends helped watch the girls. After dinner, there was chocolate cake, apple pie, pumpkin pie with apple butter topping, and ice cream. I know that my favorite parts of the whole meal were, in this order:
1) Sweet Potato Casserole
2) Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
3) Turkey
4) Stuffing
Those were my favorites, even over dessert, that's how good the food was. There were lots of other things to enjoy, and we all had a great time.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Emily's New Skill
Last night, I had to laugh. I saw Emily do the perfect stereotypical sulk. I think I was trying to put a jacket or sock or something on her, she didn't want it, I set her down, and she turned away and STOMPED off about 3-4 feet. It was SO funny. It won't be if she keeps it up, but i had to laugh.
Monday, November 19, 2007
The Mandarin Festival
On Sunday, we all went to the Mandarin Festival in Auburn, with Sherri. First time we've been - it was huge. Almost takes up as much space as the Auburn Fair. Great time, ate lots of mandarins, we listened to small band from Ottawa, Canada play some jug band music - the kind my dad likes (and I do, too) and we picked up some decorations for our yard. The twins had fun dancing to the music, too!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Some Photos from last weekend.
We had a lot of fun this weekend, and it was fairly relaxing. On Saturday morning, I watched ASU beat UCLA in a good game (except for the first kickoff return for a touchdown against my Sun Devils in 135 games). The twins raced around the living room (video below). Saturday afternoon, we had several friends over to make a wonderful Japanese feast (photos). Oh, and the dogs had a nice relaxing weekend, too. :)
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Nicole's Birthday
I have to be quick because I want to get out of the home office. Here are some pictures from Saturday at Nicole's birthday celebration! Ella was having a blast playing with Winter.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Halloween 2007
Yesterday was great! Yes, it was a little hectic after about 3:00 pm, but it was great. I was able to carve a couple pumpkins (I'm becoming quite the speed demon, if I do say so myself), the twins were in costume, they visited some friends around town, and we had lots (100+/-) Trick-or-Treaters. Here are some pictures from yesterday, and three short videos clips.
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