A funny

Just a funny for the cat lovers in my family!

Control-Alt-Apple+EIGHT

Charlie is on a (as he calls it) "Monsta Tink" (Monsters Inc.) kick. Every waking moment, he is thinking and talking about Monsta Tink. This morning, Charlie was watching Monsta Tink on the Mac while Nate and I worked in the garage. When we came back in the house, the Mac screen's colors were reversed, like a negative. Seeing how our Mac battery has recently swelled to twice the size it was originally, we thought this was just another sad step toward Mac heaven.

And then Nated Googled.

I kid you not, someone recommended "Control+Alt+Apple+Eight" as a fix.

And it worked.

Which means Charlie "Controled+Alt'd+Appled+Eighted" to get it there in the first place.

His punishment?

Piano lessons.

Because that is a mighty impressive octive+ reach that boy had to use to mess it up.

On a cold, rainy day...

I found Henry with our Q-Tips.

In a Q-Tip war.

He had "good guys" and "bad guys".

I didn't ask where he found the "bad guy" Q-tips.

Waiting for the Squirrels to Come

No really, they were waiting for the squirrels to come.

We have an army of squirrels that race around in our backyard which could

entertain the boys for hours on end.

So, to help the squirrels with their winter stores, they put peanuts out on the back

step and watched...and watched and watched.

The squirrels came and buried their treasures as the boys giggled and

laughed and Higgins had repeat doggie-coronaries because that strong "invisible shield" kept him from his mid-morning snack.

Tomorrow, I expect we will find THOUSANDS of squirrels sitting on our doorstep

staring into our family room looking for their share.

I can tell this is one of those neighborhoods where word gets around fast.

Tis the Season

For lots and lots of this!!!

You Are My Sunshine

You sing a song every night to your son every night before

bed for 2.5 years, and the day they finally sing it back to you

WITH A GUITAR accompanyment, has been one of the best moments

of my entire life.

Let's Catch Up!

Welcome to Speed Blogging.

Let's start with Halloween.

Meet Batman and Pirate:

This was our attempt at a little normal the day after we moved to our new house.

Trick-or-Treating!

Our neighborhood is....interesting.

And we'll just leave it at that.

While we downsized by over 50% in size, we are actually liking

our cozy little home.

I can light one candle and you can smell it throughout the house AND I can plug

the vacuum into ONE outlet and vacuum the ENTIRE house!

Of course, it can also go the OTHER way - one "wrestle with the devil" in the bathroom and

we have to light several matches in each "wing" of the house and you saute one onion and

your bath towel is dinner-scented until the next towel washing.

It is taking every ounce of control for me not to drag

the holiday decorations out. Little white lights and a few pointsettias can

transform any space into a winter wonderland.

In the meantime....

Charlie, at a mere, teeny-tiny 2.5 years old, is 100% potty-trained.

I'm extremely proud of our little guy, yet a little sad that we have moved

into boydom so quickly.

Now, the boys are all about matching unders and

prefer not to wear clothing over them:

Note the mirrored wall behind the boys above....ahhhh....mirrored walls.

Super classy!

We've played at the local park:

Learned a little guitar:

And built several lego spaceships in an effort to launch

us out of this rain drenched city.

We are still here.

We've had parent-teacher conferences with both boys' teachers

and are relieved to hear that we have two healthy, happy, kind,

well-mannered little boys.

And finally, the HOLIDAY SEASON has officially

begun. How do I know?

Because I found this in the kitchen yesterday:

That's Nate's Chex Mix and it is crazy-good.

We have 3 gallons of it..I'm just hoping we have some left to

bring to Thanksgiving dinner this week. (wink)

Here's to hoping tomorrow is our first SNOW in Portland!