Me and Joe

Joe is the front loader driver. Alex named him.

Now he's singing row, row, row your boat... And saying "I have to scoop it up".

Hooray for Legos!!

A-l-e-x

Alex is so proud of his name, and that he can write it all by himself now!!

And Alex would like you all to know that he's getting very anxious for Christmas to arrive! He keeps telling us that when it's all snowy outside, that it will be Christmas.

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving!!  Today, we said goodbye to Auntie Valerie (very sad) and we just finished planting a whole bunch of bulbs in the front yard before coming inside and writing A-l-e-x on the blackboard that GG and Granddad gave us for Christmas last year! How time flies!

There will be lots of pictures of Alex and Elijah and the whole family following shortly. Stay tuned...
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Sesame Street - 40th Anniversary

Check it out - 101 of them!:
Sesame Street Muppets Index

I know, I know... their anniversary was actually last week. And, Alex doesn't even watch Sesame Street because of it's tendency toward whining or baby talk and oft liberal propaganda (shows that make Stan & I crazy just don't make the cut... see also, Bob the Builder, Sponge Bob, Barney, Telletubbies, The Wiggles, and Sid the Science Kid (post-flu-shot-episode). But I WATCHED SESAME STREET, way back when...
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Bell Ringing

We will be bell ringing for the first time Tuesday, Dec. 8th, with our small group! We're told that having a cute kid in tow ups the giving! :)

October

Beautiful fall colors and fun with laundry baskets!

Funny Bones

Found this in one of Epicurious' recipe collections for Halloween, thought it was an adorably light-hearted take on traditional Halloween goodies!  It was a big hit at Alex's school party and was rather quite easy to make.

I used 50/50 white chocolate chips and almond bark to reduce the cost (and because I had leftover almond bark to be used up).  I also made my own double boiler by using a pot half-full of water on low with a SS bowl over.  Make sure you don't exceed 120 degrees F or you'll wreck your chocolate!!  Use a digital or candy thermometer if you're not sure.  I used a plain ol' dinner fork and was able to turn out 200+ of these in about 2 hours.  Hubby helped putting on mallows after I finished the trial run batch worth.   I stored them in airtight containers with parchment paper between the layers for 1 week before packaging (as seen above).

I'm reminded, once again, never to play with chocolate unless you're using a double boiler!!  Makes the whole process so much better. 

Next:  White chocolate covered fresh cranberries!!