Yesterday we took a short trip to a county “see the big trucks” event. The weather was chilly but nice.
The hit of the event for Mal was the fire truck.
She went inside twice (once front, once back).
They guy up in the tree truck was taking pictures, so we thought we’d go all meta.
Playing with connectors.
What does this silver guy do?
Mallory got her hair cut for the first time today. As you can see, she was a bit non-plussed about the matter. Adrienne tells me I wouldn’t be able to tell it got cut. I asked her why it was cut.
On the bright side (ha!), a second pair of sunglasses were obtained so we could have one in the car at (hopefully) all times.
Perhaps the beginning of a series – all starting with the phrase.
What is your favorite everyday pancake recipe? What do I mean by everyday? Primarily must not contain buttermilk or other exotic ingredients that one is not likely to have in the kitchen?
Leave your recipe or link in the comments!
I’ll keep the commentary to a minimum. The mess was at a maximum!
After opening some presents, we took a breakfast break. Mallory of course insisted that her new baby doll sit beside her at breakfast. Sorry for the crappy photo!
Then back to the fun!
For Christmas dinner, we continued our (tradition?… I think this is the second year in a row…) of eating at our favorite Chinese restaurant. As should be expected, the place was packed (eating Chinese on Christmas is a big Jewish thing, if you didn’t know – I certainly didn’t before I moved out East!). We arrived a bit late (5:30pm), and thus had to wait a while for a table. We were finally seated and waited a very long time just to get menus and water – which only came after we asked for them. The tea kettle was put on our table, but no cups. It looked like there were a total of 4 wait staff working the entire room of maybe 200+ people – they were severely understaffed! We ordered and eventually got some food, but after waiting a while one dish never showed. It was already 7:30pm – past Hannah’s bedtime and quickly approaching Mal’s. We finally gave up, I went to the front door guy and settled the bill – learning our last dish was not on the order, so we would have never gotten it – then walked back into the kitchen to obtain some carryout boxes to pack up food, and left. This all sounds like a great disappointment, and it was pretty frustrating for Adrienne and me, but I have to say there’s a great bright spot: both of the girls were awesome! Very well behaved, and that made this parent very happy. Plus we have leftover Moo Shu Duck.
Bonus shot. Not the keeper, only because it can’t be properly cropped to standard photos sizes. Bummer.
To do my part of sharing the Christmas joy, I thought I’d share some outtakes from the traditional family picture. We’re, uh, frugal, so we do this ourselves and thus we get a lot of outtakes. So starting today and leading up to Christmas, I’ll share some each day!
Two days ago, any time Mal would want help going down the stairs or walking on uneven terrain, she’d reach for my hand and grab a finger. Yesterday, when I put my hand out she grabbed my whole hand and held it like… a big girl. And she’s done so every time since. Ah, how it all changes so quickly!