The Turkey Song

I didn't actually capture this on video until mid-December, but it belongs in the November group. For some reason, Bitty did this number a lot in early November, and then refused to do it for a few weeks. When I figure out how to rotate this, I will come back and fix it. Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We enjoyed a quiet Thanksgiving in our new home this year, and Aunt Kim joined us. Pook ate more than her share of tofurkey, and the entire tofurkey roast was gone by lunch on Friday! This year's stuffing, made from locally grown and coarse-ground corn meal, was the. best. ever. I ate way too much of it. I can't wait to reproduce this meal for Tracy when he comes home!

Today, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and walked to the nearby park. I was so proud of Pook and Bean, who rode their bikes all the way there and most of the way back, a 4 mile round trip!

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About halfway to his school today, Bitty announced that he needed to “go poop.” I told him he would have to wait a few minutes because we were driving to school and there was no place to stop. A few minutes passed and he stated his need again, a little more urgently. Then he said, “I could go in the gwass!” I explained that no, it wasn’t like stopping to go pee on the side of the road, because “I don’t have any toilet paper to wipe your bottom.” “Well Momma,” he said, “you could just wipe my bottom with a big rock!”

It's the bubbles that make it good!

I was making oatmeal for the kids’ breakfast and Bitty was sitting on the counter beside the stove, watching me. He looked into the pot, where the water had just begun to bubble. He said, “What are you making?” I answered, “Oatmeal. Don’t touch the pot, it’s hot.” He looked in the pot again, wrinkled up his nose and said, “Oatmeal? With hot sprite?”

Welcome Jagger!

Baby Jagger made his appearance on November 10, 2008, at 7:17 pm. He weighs 8 lbs, 2 oz and is 21 inches long. Congrats and all our love to Brian and Cheryl!

She shoots, she scores!

Today's soccer match was quite eventful for us! Not long after it started, I was helping Bitty get settled with his snack when suddenly I heard this “smack!”, than a sharp intake of breath and then silence. The woman next to me elbowed me and said “that’s your kid!” I looked up and there was Beanie, rubbing her forehead. All the girls were standing still, looking at her, and the ball was rolling away. Then she shrugged and started running after the ball. It was classic Beanie, fearless and invincible!

Later on in the match, Pookie was in the right place at the right time. She had just arrived near the goal when one of her teammates passed the ball her way. She thought fast, stopped the ball and kicked it in for her first ever goal. Yea!!!