Thanksgiving 2011

This year it was all about the kids...

The hubs brought his tablet to Grandad's house, and when the kids got their hands on it, there was no stopping the Angry Birds fiends...





After eating more than we should, some of us went with the kids to the nearby school's playground,





where the adults mainly lounged around and talked,





while the kids had a blast.











Later that evening, ( after a Cowboys' win! ), we all got together again for leftovers, in the family room at Oldham Lane.







Now I can't wait for Christmas!

Food Diary Nov 6 - Nov 12

The schedule over at our house has been a little out of whack lately.. we have been going over to Grandad's in the mornings and evenings to spend more time with him, as well as to see to some of his needs... and so there hasn't been much planning/thinking going on as far as dinner goes :)

Anyway, here we go.

Sunday

Pasta, Baked Fish and Squash




Monday

Chicken Kurma, Green Beans and Watercress soup





Tuesday

Taco Tuesday





Wednesday

No time to cook, ate out at Little Panda.. YUM!






Letti Thursday

Baked Chicken with Stubbs BBQ Sauce





Friday

Cheesy Chicken Enchilada :)





Saturday

Lasagna at Cindy's for Charles' birthday :)

It's Pumpkin Time

About 3 weeks ago, we went by the Disability Resources Inc.'s Pumpkin Patch on a glorious fall day. Grandad was in the hospital then, or we would have tried to entice him to come along. :)

Of course, once we were there, and the little boy realised where we were, he was all about "Pumpkin Patch! Pumpkin Patch!" and running around...

I got him to pose for some "mandatory" poses with the scarecrow props

but we were soon whisked off on a hay ride around the grounds.

The tractor stopped for a little ol' lady whose house was adjacent to the grounds, who stopped by to do some trick or treatin' with the kids..

It was fun to see the glee in the little boy's face as he went around exploring the different types of pumpkins and trying to lift them up, and then turning to me and saying, "Mummy, it's too heavy....!"

Of course, I had to take pictures of my boys together..the hubs was very cooperative, but the little boy took a little more coaxing.. but I think I managed to get some really precious photographs of them.

I usually would much rather be behind the lens, but I can't have NO pictures of me with the boys, aye?

We stopped by the gift shop for a bit..

before picking up a little pumpkin for Jaxon

and heading on home.

Happy Birthday, Elizabeth.

I have a few posts that are taking longer than they should to be up here.....there's just a lot going on right now.

But anyway, here is one of them...

Elizabeth had her 11th birthday celebration last weekend. I looked back at some old blog posts, and gosh, has she grown. :) I was commenting to David that when I first got here, she was just barely 3!

As always, it is a delight to see all the little boys together....

especially when cake is involved :)

Food Diary Oct 30 - Nov 5

Here we go..

Sunday

Tofu and Tempeh, Tilapia and Noodles





Monday

Due to Halloweenian circumstances, we had Caesar's Salads from Sam's Club




Tuesday

Taco Tuesday





Wednesday

Fiesta Chicken Skillet




Thursday

Letti Thursday

I don't have pictures, but we had Pork Stroganoff :P



Friday

Pizza at Elizabeth's 11th Birthday Luau





Saturday

Cantonese Style Stir Fried Chicken and Vegetables, Fried Rice and Egg Drop Soup

Halloween Part 2

Trunk or Treat!

The little boy got dressed up as a fireman again for Treat or Treating on Halloween evening over at the church parking lot.

We got there a little early, and already there was a short line forming ahead of us.

Jaxon's cousins joined in the fun as well....

Max and Jet, as well as Cason, were there as the 3 amigos, and they were quite the sight as well as the hit of the party.

Azmari was there as well, as DJ Lance from Yo Gabba Gabba. Yes, now that I am a mom and my daytime TV life revolves around Nick Jr., I am quite well aware of who DJ Lance is.

The little boy had already had a little practice, and so he was more than happy to go around to the church members, offering his "Trick or Treats" enthusiastically :)

By the time we got to the end of the line of cars, there was already a LONG LONG queue behind us.

We headed on into the church multipurpose hall, where carnival games had been set up.

We had some fun with a couple of the games,

but more than anything, the little boy just wanted to romp.

Afterwards, we dropped by Grandad's house much to the little boy's delight :)

I'm thinking that maybe next year the little boy might be old enough to tell me what HE would like to dress up as :)

Oh, and we are rationing out the little boy's candy.. so tightly, in fact, that the kid hasn't seen a single one of them since that night...and we are not about to remind him about them either. :P

Food Diary Oct 23 - 29

Okee dok, here we go

Sunday

Baked breaded Fish, Corn and Garlic Bread




Monday

Pasta, Chicken and mushrooms and Salad




Tuesday

Taco Tuesday




Wednesday

Gen Tso's Chicken, Curried Shrimp with Okra, and Rice




Thursday

We had Letti Thursday at the Classroom on the floor where Grandad was.

Italian Herb Chicken, Wild and Brown Rice, Squash






Friday

We went the Subway route this day because yay! Grandad got discharged! And well, we went by to fetch him home and all that waiting around for discharge papers wasn't conducive to making dinner.




Saturday

Turkey Lasagna