So just about every year on Thanksgiving I've posted a list of things for which I'm thankful. Here is the 2012 Edition:
My hair
The chair in John's room
New running shoes
Skype
Ezra saying "Aunt!", "Jshames", and "Booboo John"
John sleeping through the night, and Dan helping him do it
James reading to us!
My family and getting to see them several times this year
The Olympics
Dark chocolate
Orange corduroys
New friends
Badlands Taco
My awesome immune system
Our church family
Seltzer
John eats. And sleeps. And eats pizza.
B&G Bagels
Family leave (and having a job to go back to)
A really good chocolate chip cookie recipe I stumbled upon this year
My iPhone
Dan-- for putting up with me, calming down my crazy, being so handy, being such an awesome dad, ...
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012
James's Bedroom
While we were in D.C. last weekend, Daddy started working on making over James's room. He painted and ordered a rug and bought moulding.
Today the moulding went up properly (after a false start earlier in the week), paint was touched up, carpet was picked up and rolled out, and some furniture was moved back in.
James quite enjoyed "helping" Daddy and Grandpa. And he was THRILLED to enjoy the room at bedtime tonight. He said the carpet tickled!
Today the moulding went up properly (after a false start earlier in the week), paint was touched up, carpet was picked up and rolled out, and some furniture was moved back in.
James quite enjoyed "helping" Daddy and Grandpa. And he was THRILLED to enjoy the room at bedtime tonight. He said the carpet tickled!
Yum
Unlike his brother, John apparently likes pizza. Thanks goodness.
(This is his second encounter. The first was last week in DC.)
(This is his second encounter. The first was last week in DC.)
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Lazy Saturday
James was so excited that Uncle Preston had come home in the night. He ran downstairs to see him upon waking up this morning. We had a delicious breakfast of buttermilk pancakes then headed off to the train/trolley-themed playground and the farmers' market.
After lunch, the little boys conked out for long afternoon naps while the grown-ups took turns going for a run. James enjoyed some quality time with Uncle Preston while Mommy and Aunt Ali were running. After reading a book about making a cherry pie, James and Uncle P did just that!
After lunch, the little boys conked out for long afternoon naps while the grown-ups took turns going for a run. James enjoyed some quality time with Uncle Preston while Mommy and Aunt Ali were running. After reading a book about making a cherry pie, James and Uncle P did just that!
Friday in the District
James loooves DC. On several occasions he told me he did NOT want to go back to NJ in Sunday.
We got out of the house early in order to take the metro (James adores his map of the metro) to the Air and Space museum to see what Ezra enthusiastically calls "Elmo Stars," a Sesame Street planetarium show. It was fun, and all three boys enjoyed it. John and Ez were dancing to the music at the end! We followed that up with storytime (a book about airplanes) then had some lunch.
Next we headed to the American Indian museum (the little boys each took short stroller naps) where we saw some cool exhibits. James particularly enjoyed the balance boards for kayak training and the exhibit about how snowshoes work.
We came home to a delicious dinner (thanks Aunt Ali!) and got the boys to bed early, which allowed the mommies some bonding time.
We got out of the house early in order to take the metro (James adores his map of the metro) to the Air and Space museum to see what Ezra enthusiastically calls "Elmo Stars," a Sesame Street planetarium show. It was fun, and all three boys enjoyed it. John and Ez were dancing to the music at the end! We followed that up with storytime (a book about airplanes) then had some lunch.
Next we headed to the American Indian museum (the little boys each took short stroller naps) where we saw some cool exhibits. James particularly enjoyed the balance boards for kayak training and the exhibit about how snowshoes work.
We came home to a delicious dinner (thanks Aunt Ali!) and got the boys to bed early, which allowed the mommies some bonding time.
Friday, November 9, 2012
D.C.!
When James awoke yesterday morning, he said, "I love everything about Washington D.C.--the city, the metro, the row houses." He really is having a ball.
We left NJ midday on Wednesday. Ali and I had planned this over a month ago, and Dan endorsed it (offering to work on a little house project in our absence--- hope that's going well!!). The darn Superstorm threatened to alter our plans. Especially when the nor'easter rolled in on its heals. But we decided to move forward. James ditched school yesterday and today (make-up days from last week), and is missing the re-scheduled Halloween festivities at school and in town today (what he doesn't know won't hurt him, right?)
He was pretty psyched about the snow that had started falling as I packed the car Wed., but not as psyched as he was to see Ezra and Aunt Ali.
The car ride was practically perfect. The weather was a non-issue (thankfully), and both boys napped waking up with about an hour to go. John didn't get fussy until the last twenty minutes or so. James helped me pass puffs, one at a time, to John which seemed to help greatly. Except when the brother-to-brother handoff failed, or when James would eat the puff I passed him instead of passing it to John. But all-in-all, a smooth journey.
Ali had made a delicious pot of chicken noodle soup which James and Ezra both delighted their mothers by eating. Good influences on each other! We ended up all going to bed at about the same time which made for a well-rested party on Thursday.
After a leisurely breakfast, we headed out to the metro. James was thrilled! We picnicked at the National Portrait Gallery then checked out the preside trial portraits. James isn't as into the presidents as he was a few years ago, so we moved along quickly, and James also got a lesson in non-children's museum etiquette-- no touching! The funny part was when there was a beaver pelt that said "please touch," so Ali told James to touch it, and he wouldn't. It was as though he thought she was trying to trick him into breaking the rules! Then we showed him where it said please touch, touched it ourselves, and he did too. (quite soft, btw)
Next stop- LOFT for a little shopping by the mommies. Then on to the Building Museum! All three boys had fun in the kids' area (hands-on for sure!), and we even checked out what James called "the museum part of the museum" before heading back to the metro. We enjoyed some really good pizza (pasta for James) then came home. After a joint bath venture for James and Ez, the boys went to bed rather easily.
Looking forward to more adventures today!
(all pics courtesy of Aunt Ali.)
We left NJ midday on Wednesday. Ali and I had planned this over a month ago, and Dan endorsed it (offering to work on a little house project in our absence--- hope that's going well!!). The darn Superstorm threatened to alter our plans. Especially when the nor'easter rolled in on its heals. But we decided to move forward. James ditched school yesterday and today (make-up days from last week), and is missing the re-scheduled Halloween festivities at school and in town today (what he doesn't know won't hurt him, right?)
He was pretty psyched about the snow that had started falling as I packed the car Wed., but not as psyched as he was to see Ezra and Aunt Ali.
The car ride was practically perfect. The weather was a non-issue (thankfully), and both boys napped waking up with about an hour to go. John didn't get fussy until the last twenty minutes or so. James helped me pass puffs, one at a time, to John which seemed to help greatly. Except when the brother-to-brother handoff failed, or when James would eat the puff I passed him instead of passing it to John. But all-in-all, a smooth journey.
Ali had made a delicious pot of chicken noodle soup which James and Ezra both delighted their mothers by eating. Good influences on each other! We ended up all going to bed at about the same time which made for a well-rested party on Thursday.
After a leisurely breakfast, we headed out to the metro. James was thrilled! We picnicked at the National Portrait Gallery then checked out the preside trial portraits. James isn't as into the presidents as he was a few years ago, so we moved along quickly, and James also got a lesson in non-children's museum etiquette-- no touching! The funny part was when there was a beaver pelt that said "please touch," so Ali told James to touch it, and he wouldn't. It was as though he thought she was trying to trick him into breaking the rules! Then we showed him where it said please touch, touched it ourselves, and he did too. (quite soft, btw)
Next stop- LOFT for a little shopping by the mommies. Then on to the Building Museum! All three boys had fun in the kids' area (hands-on for sure!), and we even checked out what James called "the museum part of the museum" before heading back to the metro. We enjoyed some really good pizza (pasta for James) then came home. After a joint bath venture for James and Ez, the boys went to bed rather easily.
Looking forward to more adventures today!
(all pics courtesy of Aunt Ali.)
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