Cooking failure day

After a very successful Thanksgiving last Monday, this Monday has been useful in humbling me. Here's what I tried

Ketchup : Have you ever read the list of ingredients in Heinz??? It's gross. I thought I'd make my own. I think I figured out how to burn it in a crock pot. How that happened, I don't know, but all I can say is NASTY.

Honey Dijon Dressing : 007's favorite, he's been craving salad and I wanted it for dinner tonight too. I tried to throw one together real quick without doing extensive research like last time...which was decent. This time, the lack of prep showed....YUCK. 007 is afraid to even taste it.

Ok, so only two things, but two failures in one day, plus very sad stuffing left overs makes me question the desire I have to make my own candied fruit to make an authentic Stollen.

I'm so glad my boys were fun little nuts today. BK LOVES being upside down as much as possible, and Edamame made up his own 'video game' which consisted of smacking pens against a table really loud and winning fish for it. Good imaginations from them. Hurray!

T-Day and then some

I was going to organize things and put it in coherent order, but it has taken me 8 hours to write this post, and I want to be in bed in 10 minutes, so you get a quick commentary. Plus add on top of that my iPhone connector cord has corroded because it is BK's favorite teething toy, and I've got a bit of stress to deal with.

BK being very excited about dinner...ok, not really, but very excited about all the attention on him.



He's stolen big brother's racing car, and loves every minute of it.



Needless to say, Edamame is a HUGE fan of whip cream



One of our more interesting Christmas card outtakes.



I be very proud of this boat, and the fine sails she be hoistin'



Edamame needed a lot of down time with grandpa on Thanksgiving. Once the crowd got too big, he started to get really shy. Luckily grandpa was up for the task.
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Here's the rest of the crew.



007 was experimenting with his camera...this looks like an alien's Christmas tree to me



Felicitations to all!

...and he's climbing a stairway to nursery.

Well actually, he's climbing down. BK is becoming quite proficient at
it too. He's definitely a little monkey.

One more video

The boys love to drive cars...BOTH of them. Watching BK do it is hilarious. Have a long peek.

Flipper Jump

A brand new fighting style called Flipper Jump.



plus big brother needed some camera time too.

Satan vs. Payten

I decided to teach Edamame about Satan today. Unfortunately to him it sounds too close to his cousin's name...Payten. I'm going to have to spend the rest of the day making sure he knows the difference. I sure don't want him beating up his cousin just because he thinks that he's the one that wants to take away our choices. OY! Sorry Sarah!

If you're happy and you know it...

...clap your hands

and then attack your mother with your big brother. Ok, they made up that last part themselves. You have to wait until the end to see it.