Thanksgiving, etc.

I realized that Thanksgiving day came and went without commentary on my part. Did you all have a good one? I for one have been eating apple pie with ice cream every day and my clothes feel tight. Oh well, we're out of pie.
We had a huge feast of deep-fried turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, white rolls, green beans, squash, beets au gratin, salad, cranberry relish, apple pie, chocolate torte and some yummy wine and jubelale. Warren, Carolyn, Carson, Maria and Tom were our guests, and we also had a short postprandial visit with some friends who moved away. Later on, we played Apples to Apples, a fun board game, and then Todd went to sleep while putting Trevor to bed, and could not be easily roused.
The next day, yes I know it's supposed to be buy-nothing day, but Maria and I have a tradition of finding really cool stuff at thrift stores, and so we did in the Cat's Meow and OSU folk club. And that is all you need to know, right?

Heroes

Todd loves this show "Heroes" that is on Monday nights. When I get home from work, it's on so it must be around 9 that it starts. I guess it's a pretty popular show, but for whatever reason, I've never watched more than two minutes of it. But the idea of it, cool! These people have special powers and they have to save the world or something. If you had a superpower, what would it be? And remember, you don't choose the ability, it chooses you.
I discovered the other night that Todd's power would be to always wake up right BEFORE the cat starts puking, just in time to toss her outside. Because he actually did this once! It was amazing.
Trevor's special power would be the ability to effortlessly pick up heavy objects, because he is always a little confused when he can't lift the 60 pound pumpkin on our front stoop.
I'm still thinking about mine. What's your power?

Welcome Baby Carson!

What an exciting week it has been! Warolyn's little creature decided to finally come out into the world Friday morning around 3:30 a.m. He is a cute little pink guy, very sturdy. He'll be running around with Trevor and his little pack of friends in no time, but right now he's snuggly and sweet. I love the name (what's the middle name, guys?). Todd was very excited to get to be the first person besides the parents (and about twelve nurses and other medical types) to hold Carson.

I'm thankful, too

I am stealing Kara's idea and coming up with some things to be thankful for (which you're supposed to think about in the morning before getting up, I hear, so I'll have no shortage since I've been unable to sleep between 4 and 5 a.m. this week.) Oh well, it doesn't hurt to be grateful for an hour.
I am thankful for the fun of watching a person grow, and in particular, the development of language, one of my favorite areas (although you probably wouldn't guess it from reading this, the world's worst sentence.) Yesterday, Trevor was playing with a xylophone and I said to him, "Where's your stick? Go find that stick that you hit this with." Very determined, he ran into the other room, and came back out, started hitting the xylophone with a sticker!
I am eternally and overwhelmingly thankful for naptime. I know it's been said, but maybe if I say it again, it will continue for at least two more years.
And last but not least for today, I am thankful for a roof, because it is really dirty weather out there right now.

Minor Home Makeover

Now that I have pegged the mom thing, I am taking the tv world by storm with a new reality show called Minor Makeover. Each episode starts out with the host(s) knocking on someone's door or maybe even we'll do the megaphone thing if it's not too much of a ripoff. Next everybody (the lucky recipients of our miracle, the host(s), and anyone else who shows up) sits around drinking beer and wine, drawing up plans, and making grand sweeping gestures in the house and yard. There will be some variations, of course, like the episode where we show up at 11 in the a.m. wearing bathrobes and bearing coffee, cigarettes and gramma damma's donuts, make grand sweeping gestures until about 3, and then start with beer and wine. Of course there will be no hard liquor because this is a good clean family show. After the commercial break, we will come to agreement by consensus (this part of the show will be condensed from about twelve days to twelve seconds) and begin the home makeover. Next we realize we don't have the right tool to knock out a wall, or that nobody knows how to replumb the toilet we just ripped out, or dancing with the stars comes on and we stop for a break; we meet the challenge by ordering out for chinese food. "Okay, let's move the couch," our inspired host(s) suggest(s), then we paint some stencils on the pillows and buy a plastic rabbit for the front yard.

October/November Update

Raymond came out for the Beavers homecoming game (yay, they won) and to finish the gazebo he designed and built last spring. He also had a chance to do some hiking, with Todd one day, then Todd and Trevor, then with all three of us. We went to the coast where it was very cold and windy and Trevor kind of fell apart, but was fine once we got him out of his wet clothes and the wicked wind. Then we had lunch at Local Ocean, this seafood place I've been hearing so much about. It was not bad.
Sometime in there, we threw our third annual pumpkin carving party. Good times, although I'm not sure why I don't have pictures. There were nine kids under the age of six! Trevor dressed up as a frog for halloween, a great costume because it is one piece, easy to put on, and cozy. This little person does not as a rule enjoy getting dressed lately. It's a rough time for toddlers; yesterday he ran out of the kitchen, turned the corner, and ran smack into the side of a large piece of furniture, landing flat on his back. I think I'd be a bit cranky if I did stuff like that every day.