First Christmas Miracle of the Year

Check out what I just found in the bowl of leftover Halloween candy:


It's the dream package of Runts. No bananas! That conversation I normally have in my head about the starving kids in Africa who don't get to go trick-or-treating won't be happening tonight, because not a single piece of candy will be wasted.

30

Yesterday Ben turned 30, so we made some food...



...and then invited Liam's friends over.

Decision Time

In the words of my wise friend, Tricia, it's time for me to just buy curtains already!

Now can I get a little assistance, please? I'm trying to decide between a more casual look in a more colorful color and a fancier look in a more neutral color.


Just so you know, if I end up keeping green I'll put them in the dryer with a damp towel to get the wrinkles out, like the directions say to do.

Here's what the rest of the room looks like:


So, what do you think?

Goo for Dinner

Ben’s dad is visiting this week, which means I feel a little bit of pressure to make dinner every other day or so. Today I was roaming around Costco looking for ideas when I spotted a giant chicken pot pie. It looked really gourmet, with a nice lattice pie crust on top, so I bought it. Then I took it home and baked it. It looked really beautiful when I checked on it after a while, until it came sliding off the rack and onto the oven door. Now it looks like this:


And the worst part is that some of the goo got inside the world’s tiniest hole at the top of the door, so now it’s hanging out between the inner glass and outer glass, just staring at me like, “Oh yeah? What are you going to do about it?”

It's a Girl!

Liam is pretty excited about getting a baby sister, but he's even more excited about the horse I accidentally promised him since he won't be getting a brother to play with.

Movie Star

We got our new Signing Time! DVDs in the mail this week, and it turns out that Liam the non-smiler actually made the cut.

Blogging

Dragon Tales

This morning in my daily attempt at putting clothes on Liam (the boy loves his jammies), I decided to try reasoning with him. I said, “Liam, I have a baby in my belly. I can’t be dragging you around trying to get your clothes on every day.” (I use that baby in the belly excuse for everything these days.)

He answered, “You’re a dragon? But you’re not even wearing a Halloween costume.”

Twinners

Guess what happens when you marry someone who kind of looks like you?


Your niece from one side of the family and nephew from the other side of the family kind of look alike too.

Great Big Sea

Ben and I went to see my favorite Celtic band, Great Big Sea, about a week ago. It was Ben’s first experience with the band, and I embarrassingly admitted to him that I used to think the long-haired bouzouki player [left] was the hottest member of the band. Ben’s response was something like, “Really? But now you know the guitar player [middle] is the hot one, right?”