After a 12-hour work day and than a 16-hour work day, I took a day off and we finally got out to get a Christmas tree. We decided to try a different place than the last few years, as I’ve never been fully happy with the experience and product at the place we’d been going. So we headed south, and on the way to Manalapan we stopped at the Bridgewater Diner for lunch. Mal loves “smiling” for the camera. And Hannah is always goofy and happy. A nice way to spend the day. Too bad it’s back to work tomorrow!
Adrienne recently told me Google’s street view cars have made a second pass by our house – but the first since we’ve been living here. Evidence below.
With the leaves mostly down now, saw this up in the tree. First thought it was a turkey hanging out, but looks to be a nest. Wasp? Anybody know? Should I practice my baseball bat tossing skills (it’s about 20 feet up in the air)?
And every now and then these guys get along in a very sweet way.
They say good fences make for good neighbors. I also think good hearing protectors make for good… quiet times!
This weekend we took the girls to the town kid’s spookfest at the town square. Costumes were last-minute pulled from what we’ve gotten from friends, which is to say the choices were either too big or too small. Oh well. Mal had her choice of dressing up as a doctor or a lamb. Hannah… didn’t have a choice. She ended up as a pea pod. We didn’t really get any good photos of Hannah, but Adrienne assures me she’ll be tortured on the real Halloween as well. Despite the serious photo, Mallory actually seemed to like her costume. We spent a little bit of time at the spookfest, but Mallory soon decided that rather than trick or treating, marching in the costume contest or watching the magic show, she’d rather go across the street to the library. So we did. I guess enjoyment of Halloween may be a genetic trait handed down from my parents!
*until she figures this one out or until she figures out how to sleep with her arms free!
So this goes to show you how behind I am in getting photos into the library. (And digital was supposed to make is so easy, right?!) So here is a set of photos that Adrienne took in the beginning of August. But I thought you’d enjoy them, so here they are. More to come as I do more sorting!
Some of you may have heard me refer to #2 kid as Hannah Houdini. There’s good reason: she’s proven very adept at breaking out of sleep swaddles. While impressive, it does create a problem when she manages to get herself free at 3am, because she is sure to announce her accomplishment. Some time ago we thought we’d developed a fool-proof method: a two swaddle, miracle blanket then overlay normal swaddle technique. She got wise to us, so we went back to the drawing board and I think we’ve now hit on a superior method. The key, we’ve learned, is not only to be wrapped as tight as possible but also to have full arm AND hand coverage. And so I present the unwrapping of the super swaddle (TM) V2 (patent pending) technique:
