Traveling Nativity

Here is the cast of our traveling nativity

This year for Christmas Eve, Teressa decided that it would be more fun to take our nativity out to the public rather than just keeping it inside the walls of our home. Even though we had Mark and Heather Hill and their kids over to the house for Christmas Eve dinner, there weren't any extra people to watch the performance after all of the parts had been taken. So we travelled to a couple of different houses, performed the nativity and sang Christmas carols. Even though it was cold and windy (well, cold for San Antonio, anyway), it was a lot of fun and brought us some great Christmas spirit.

Mason and Spencer were wise men, Teressa was a wise woman and Sam and I were shepherds. The parts of Mary and Joseph were played by Olivia and Luke Hill while Mark was the angel and Heather was the narrator and the star of Bethlehem.

Pasta surprise

This pasta replica of Jamestown took hours to create


The worst part of the project was putting the walls together

Mason recently came home with the assignment to build a model of Jamestown for school. One of the criteria for grading was creative use of materials, so we came up with the bright idea to build the model out of different types of pasta. At least it seemed like a bright idea until I started putting the walls together out of fettucini. Many hours later, the model was finally done. Monday, we sent the model to class, and guess what: No other kid had made their model out of pasta, so at least we have that creative use of materials down.

Game day update

Mason's basketball team, the Timberwolves, played their first game today. Mason even played against Cameron, his good friend from kindergarten. Mason's team won 20-4 with a combination of good offense and stifling defense. Spencer plays his first game this afternoon, so I'll try to update again.

Essence of Andy

As you can see, Andy is having a great time visiting us

Teressa's brother Andy is here again visiting us for Thanksgiving. The kids love having Andy here, and he seems to enjoy being around them, too. And if we get overwhelming, Andy just heads outside for a smoke, a swing and his own personal concert (as seen in the photo above). Even Sam loves having his uncle here, though he has taken to calling him "Uncle Rooster," much to Andy's chagrin. Cock-a-doodle-doo.

Lights, camera, action!

Sam does his best impression of 'Blue Steel' here in this promotional photo

It's the time of year again for us to put on our Halloween costumes and make our family holiday video. This year, we decided to call in some help, so we could get the filming done in record time. So we called Lindsay Mullen. Lindsay shoots more video and makes more films than anyone else we know, so we knew she would do a great job with the filming. After the production was over, she stayed to play with the boys and help Teressa out around the house. The boys always love to be around Lindsay (as you can see from the photos below).


When we say "fight like lions," I didn't think they would take it literally


Lindsay and Mason pose for the paparazzi


Spencer was sharing his pretzels with Lindsay

Party time

One party activity required the kids to decorate a cake in a pioneer style, then transport it to another house in the neighborhood


Unfortunately for the boys' team, their cake didn't survive the trek.

The year is drawing to a close, so Teressa decided to hold a party for her Primary class. They came over to our house, enjoyed some breakfast and then split up into teams to participate in a series of challenges. Her challenges included decorating a pioneer-themed cake and then transporting it to another house in the neighborhood, a wheelbarrow relay race, an object search and a tent building contest. Overall, the girls won, but everyone seemed to have a pretty good time. First prize was the opportunity to choose a breakfast treat for church on Sunday. The girls selected donuts and bacon. Interesting combination.

Better than ultrasound

My siblings are going through a bit of a baby boom. One sister and both of my brothers are expecting children, all within a few months of each other. One night I was talking with my mother on the phone when the subject of all these babies came up. She mentioned what gender several of them were predicting for these babies.

"No," I said, "this is how it's going to be. Jon and Annie will have a girl; Andrea and Seth will have a girl; and Tyson and McKall will have a boy."

Now, this may sound like I was going out on a limb, but I knew what I was doing. (Boy, did I know what I was doing.) Sure enough, the first ultrasound comes back and Jon and Annie are having a girl. Then the second ultrasound comes back and Tyson and McKall are having a boy. Then, finally, Andrea calls this week and tells me they are having a girl. In case anyone was counting, that makes three-for-three. Boo yeah. If anyone is interested in my methods of deduction, you can send a self-addressed stamped envelope with a check for $49.95. I'll see what I can get back to you.

Leafy greens

We made a nice salad from our garden veggies


Our beans have started to blossom, as have our peas

Growing up back in Idaho, we used to plant our garden after Memorial Day because that's about the time it would stop freezing at nights. Then we could expect to get veggies until about September when the frosts would start. Here in Texas, the growing season seems upside down. I just barely planted beans and peas back in the first of October and now they are starting to bloom. It just doesn't seem right, but the fact is that there have been no frosts yet this year (we haven't even been close), and there are no frosts forecast for the near future. So hopefully we will get some more good vegetables out of our garden yet this year.

Sam's big haircut

Is it just me, or does Sam look a little older now?

Sam's hair has been getting pretty long lately. So long, in fact, that is was sometimes having trouble standing on end. Recently we've been hearing some disgruntled words from people at church, wondering when we were going to get Sam a haircut so his hair would stand up again. To all you people I can only say, today is the day. Sam has been shorn (as you can see from the photo above). It took some coaxing, but we convinced him (with the liberal use of Smarties) to hold still long enough to give him a quick trim. To see the before view, check here.

Staff 3, Residents 1

Here at our anesthesiology training program in San Antonio, we have traditionally spent Veterans Day having a sporting contest between the staff and residents. The last five years or so, we have been playing soccer. In the first year of my residency, I debated about not going to the soccer game. I had never played competitive soccer. (Or really any soccer at all for that matter.) But I figured that I was a fairly athletic sort of guy, and besides, how many people my age or older had really played soccer, anyway. The residents had never lost one of these games before, so I figured I could waltz in, run around the field a little bit and I could bask in the glory of another easy win. Of course, that's not how things turned out. The staff team that year had some very good players. I didn't have a clue what I was doing and so even though I attempted to play defense, the staff scored multiple goals and made me look silly in the process. It was not a fun game.

Fast forward three years. We're playing soccer again, only this time, I am on the staff team. I am a competitive sort of guy, and I don't want to lose again. And more than anything, I don't want to look ridiculous. At least this time, I have been coaching Spencer's soccer team. And I've been helping them through some of their drills.And I've been playing with both Mason and Spencer at home. Of course, I'm not sure how working with a U5 team is going to translate to adult competition, but at least I understand how the game is supposed to be played.

We start off the game on the attack. We score a quick goal. Soon we're pushing the ball up the field again. I find myself in front of the goal with the ball right at my feet and nothing but the goalie in front of me. I punch it in with my left foot. Left foot? That's crazy. I can hardly kick with my left foot. But the ball goes straight and true, right to the left corner of the net, out of reach of the goalie. We start whooping and hollering like we just won the World Cup. Not too much later we add another goal for good measure.

Now, there are many more residents who are there at the game then staff. This means that they can substitute at will and wear us down. Right before half, they score their first goal. In the second half they keep trying to attack, but we push them back, and every shot they attempt goes wide. Final score Staff 3, Residents 1.

Perhaps it's a bit over the top, but yes, I am a little excited that we won this game. I'm even more excited that we won this game and that I played well. I will definitely say that I had a better time this year than I did three years ago.

Teeth jewelry

Sam has a hankering for braces

Sam has been fascinated with Teressa's braces ever since she got them. I'm not quite sure if he understands their true purpose, though. He seems to think they are just for decoration, at least that's the impression I get from the name he gave them. Evidently Sam has been chased out of Teressa's jewelry drawer enough times that he knows what jewelry is. So same dubbed Teressa's braces "teeth jewelry." The name stuck. He kept asking to see the teeth jewelry so much that Teressa finally bought him some bling.

Would you say I have a plethora?

Here is the whole cast in their Halloween costumes

Teressa decided that everyone in the family should keep with the same theme for their Halloween costumes this year. So Teressa dressed up as Carmen, the senorita who convinces the Three Amigos to come to her village, and I dressed up as El Guapo, the villain. I make a rather handsome El Guapo, if I do say so myself.

The Three Amigos

We are the Three Amigos!

Ever since Mason was small, Grandma Scott has been making him a Halloween costume for his birthday present. Since his younger brothers all have fall birthdays, they have also taken advantage of the deal. The costumes that Grandma makes are very intricate (as you can see in the photo above). This year for the Three Amigos costumes, Grandma made every piece of these costumes except for the white shirts and the sombreros. The boys learned a few lines from the movie, such as, "Tell us we will die like dogs." When the person then repeats that the Amigos will die like dogs, they then say, "No, we will not die like dogs. We will fight like lions." Except for Sam who would shorten it to, "Fight lions!" They boys also learned the Amigo salute.

I do have to admit that the response we got as we wandered about trick-or-treating made me feel a bit old. There were many people who didn't know what we were trying to do with the costumes, but the ones who did thought they were great. (My favorite person though, was the guy who realized that I was dressed as El Guapo.

Soccer update

Mason chases down a ball during his game today

Mason and Spencer both had soccer games again today, and both continue to do well. Mason's team played a tight game today. His team had more shots on goal, but the other team had a really good goalkeeper and so the end result was a tie. I decided to bring my camera so we could get some action shots of Mason playing.

Spencer's team struggled last week. They were playing a team with some strong, fast players who kept breaking free and scoring goals. Our kids would run down the field with the other team, but they wouldn't cut them off and they wouldn't steal the ball (other than Spencer, who was all over the field when he was playing). So this week for practice, I tried to work on having the kids be more aggressive and stealing the ball. Something clicked, because today when the team played their game, they destroyed their opponents. I stopped keeping score, but it must at least have been 15-0. Spencer may have scored seven or eight goals. We had kids scoring goals who had never scored before. Thanks for making me feel like a great coach, guys.


I know these aren't my kids, but the photo is pretty great, isn't it? I still have mad skills

Sam's big hair day

Look, Ma, I grew two inches last night

Sam's hair has never laid down flat. Nothing we do seems to matter. Water only works for a short time. Gel doesn't work. Hairspray doesn't work. No matter what we try, Sam's hair always ends up standing up on end. In fact, we tell when Sam needs a haircut by how far his hair stands up. (In case anyone is wondering, Sam's hair as it appears in this photo is about ready for a trim.) When Sam was younger, we spent a lot of time trying to comb his hair down, but amidst all our failures, we noticed that Sam was getting quite a bit of notoriety from his wild hair. So we saw the light and let Sam's hair be Sam's hair. Now we mostly just try to make sure he doesn't have bed head, otherwise he's good to go.

Things we will not buy

Sam sure thought that kid in the mirror was cute

Teressa has been in the process of doing some redecorating in the house. It started with the loft, and like a trail of dominoes, the effects were felt as far away as the living room. Teressa has been considering replacing the living room lamps, so when Cassie Schneider told her she had bought lamps for her house that would look perfect in ours, Teressa borrowed one to check it out. The first thing that we noticed about the lamps was the four mirrored sides. This makes it so that the lamp will match practically any room in the house, but it left me with one basic concern. It wasn't long before Sam proved my concerns well founded (thank goodness I'm not as paranoid as I thought). We found him licking the lamp and giving kisses to the reflection of that cute kid he could see. Now the lamp is covered with fingerprints, nose smudges and tongue marks. Guess we'll be sticking with the old lamps after all.

Spencer on call

Dr. Spencer Scott is seen here taking call with his medical equipment in hand

Spencer must have seen me taking call at work too many times, because he has decided to replicate the experience. He has gathered up the Fisher-Price doctors toys and is keeping it by his bedside tonight, just in case he needs to save a life. I just hope he sleeps better tonight while he is on call than I do sometimes when I am on call.

Green Dragons 2, Dynamos 2

Spencer had his first soccer game of the season tonight. (Actually it was the second, but we were out of town for the first.) Unfortunately, I don't have photos because I was coaching and refereeing at the same time, but everyone seemed to have a blast. Spencer alternated between missing a couple of close shots on goal to rolling around in the grass to scoring his first goal of the season. The rest of the kids did a great job, too. I am starting to realize just how hard it is to hold a 4-year-old's attention for longer than two minutes. I did a lot of redirecting on the field, but the kids seemed to be having a good time.

Animal sanctuary

So I go outside to take the trash to the curb last night. As I'm walking around the house I hear so rustling behind the fence and what sounds like a plastic trash can closing. Oh, I figure, the neighbor must be taking out her trash, too. Then I get a little closer and something jumps up onto the fence. At first I'm thinking cat, but this looks awfully big for a cat. Then I realize this "cat" has a masked face and a ringed tail. Looks like now we need to figure out a way to keep raccoons out of the trash. (Sorry there were no photos for the post. I don't usually take my camera to the trash, and the raccoon wasn't going to stick around for portraits.)

Snakes in the grass

This is the snake after its demise


See if this photo gives you any hints as to which species this snake belongs to

Today Trenton Schneider was over at our house mowing the lawn. As he was using a blower to clear clippings off of the driveway, he noticed a snake and came in to grab me. I went outside and found the snake in the front bushes. At first I thought nothing of it because we had found several garden snakes in the yard in the past. But this one seemed different. The pattern looked somewhat familiar, and as my eyes traced the snake down to its tail, I realized why. We had a rattlesnake in our front yard.

Normally when we have had snakes in the yard, I have tended to be merciful and turn them loose in the greenbelt behind the house. But I had no intentions of letting a poisonous snake free where it could wander back into the yard. So between a shovel and a can of wasp spray I managed to kill the snake. Then the rest of the Schneider clan came back to recover the snake's body so that Ethan Schneider can take it to school. I figure if he wants it he can take it. Teressa was so unnerved that she is reconsidering her decision to postpone getting a dog. We'll be on the lookout for a while to make sure the yard is safe.

When kids dress themselves

Spencer decided he wanted to wear more than one pull-up to bed

One night I walked into the boys' bedroom to find Spencer decked out like this. He decided all on his own that he wanted to wear every pull-up in the house. He even went to bed like this.

Overheard

Chandler Schneider: I don't like strawberry flavored drinks. Do you know why? Because they have strawberries in them.

Bye-bye Bartons

The Bartons had one last ice cream social with us before they left for Japan

This week the Bartons left Texas for a three-year stint of living in Japan. (I would love to go back to Japan, too, but the Army doesn't have any need for anesthesiologists in Japan.) Before they left Teressa put together one last get together and invited as many of the Bartons' friends as possible. We hope they have a fun time in Japan.


Blakely doesn't seem to mind Sam holding her at all. Of course, she probably gets mauled worse at home

Feeding the Deer

Sam thought all the animals were very exciting


The deer were happy to socialize as soon as they knew there was food involved


Broccoli was strangely popular amongst the deer


The geese and peafowl followed the food wherever it went

As part of our activities over the weekend, we took Uncle Andy to the Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle. It's a historic building on post with a large open center filled with an assortment of animals. These animals like people, especially if the people bring food. The geese and the peafowl in particular made a beeline for us as soon as they saw us enter. The geese are a bit on the aggressive side. One snatched Sam's personal stash of peanut butter crackers right out of his hand. Another nipped Spencer on his thumb in an attempt to take lettuce from his hand. (I don't think it was being malicious; I just think geese are not the most gentle of animals.) The deer were a little more shy. They hung back under a shade tree until we walked nearer and they could see that we had a wide assortment of food. Then they were more than happy to come get some lunch. As long as we were feeding them, the deer would get right up close and tolerate being petted. ( Sam thought this was quite fun.) But as soon as the food was gone the deer became more nonchalant and wandered back away.

I had thought we brought a lot of veggies with us, but the animals made quick work of it. The next time we go back, we may have to bring extra helpings.

Wanted: Team Mascot and Colors

We went down to register Mason and Spencer for fall soccer today. I have never played soccer, but I figured I could offer to be an assistant coach, because they're just 4 year olds after all. When we sat down to go through the sign-up sheet, the woman behind the table noted that I had offered to be an assistant coach and then asked me how I would feel about being a head coach instead. I explained that I had never played soccer and wouldn't really know what I was doing. She said they were really short on coaches, and besides, there was a workshop scheduled to go over rules and give practice tips. So here we are. I will be coaching a sport that I've never played in my life. I guess we'll all be learning as we go along. Besides, they're only 4 year olds. How hard can it be?

Our first item of business is to come up with a team name and a team color. This is very important because we can keep the same name and color next year. Any grand ideas?

The End of an Era

This is what my old Powerbook looks like (though with considerably more wear and tear)

About eight years ago, I purchased a titanium Apple Powerbook. The laptop was a work of art. My classmates frequently commented on how beautiful the machine was. And it was fast, at the time. It made our old Power Mac desktop seem like a dinosaur. And it opened up all sorts of capabilities that I had never experienced before. I started editing videos and then burning them to DVDs. Of course, there were a few shortcomings with the computer. When I purchased it, I upgraded to the larger 20 gigabyte hard drive. It didn't take long to run out of room once I started doing larger video projects. Then eventually our DVD burning software ceased to work and I had to hack iDVD (Apple's DVD-authoring software) to get it to recognize an external DVD burner. And of course, the older it got, the slower it seemed.

Eventually we finally made the decision to buy and new iMac for home use. The switch has been wonderful, but I still found myself using the Powerbook from time to time. I took the laptop with me when I went on away rotations so I could stay in touch by email, and occasionally Mason will want me to pull it out so we can connect the two computers and we can play Age of Empires II together.

At work I have grown increasingly frustrated with the computers that are provided to us. Most of the anesthesia department is outfitted with Lenovo Thinkpad netbooks. In spite of the fact that they are new, they are slow—very slow. The screens are so slow that everyone is provided with a dock and a larger monitor, so you can actually see what is going on. The netbooks are portable, but they don't have CD drives and we are not allowed to use flash drives to move documents around. As a staff anesthesiologist at a residency program, one of my duties is to give lectures to the residents. I have watched more than one staff struggle as they have tried to find a way to pull up their lectures, and the thought of preparing a Powerpoint lecture on that small, slow machine was almost more than I could bear. I finally decided I was going to do my presentations on my Powerbook. Even if it wasn't the fastest way of doing things, I figured at the very least that I could make sure that the presentation would work on my machine and then just hook it up to the projector. I had done this in the past and it had worked out fairly well.

When I was discussing my situation with Teressa last night she suddenly said, "Why don't you go order yourself a new laptop." Well, how can you argue with that? Besides, we had always planned to purchase a new laptop before I get deployed so we can talk over the Internet. I'm just buying it a little early. So I put in the order last night for a new 13-inch Macbook Pro with extra RAM (4 gigabytes) and an upgraded hard drive (320 gigabytes). Now I should have the capability to make great presentations, and do a few other fun things on the side.

More from Spencer's camera

I call this one "Putting Your Best Foot Forward."

Spencer continues to shoot non-stop with his camera. He is leaving tomorrow with Teressa and the other boys to go visit cousins in Washington state, and he wanted to make sure that I downloaded all of his new photos so he could have plenty of room on his camera for pictures from his vacation. As I was downloading photos, I found this gem and couldn't help posting it on the world wide web, hopefully to the future embarrassment of my eldest son.

Artistic genius

This self-portrait was my favorite shot that Spencer took

Spencer has always had a fascination with photography. Of course, that seems to run in the family. For his birthday last November, Spencer received a digital camera. He filled up the memory again and has been begging me for days to load the photos on the computer so he could get back to shooting photos.


I haven't figured out what about this toilet was so fascinating

The photo collection was an eclectic mix of people and objects. Some, like the first photo were actually quite charming. Others, like the five photo toilet series were just downright bewildering. At any rate, Spence is so excited that he wants to shoot pictures with me some time.


No one was spared the ignominy dealt by Spencer's camera

Last call

June 18 was it—my last overnight call as a resident. Of course, that certainly doesn't put an end to overnight call. It just means that I will be staff instead of a resident.

Pinewood Derby Time

Mason's car (Number 23) sits among the other entries


This post is a little late, since the pinewood derby was months ago, but it still seems appropriate to mention Mason's experience. We had a three-ward competition. We would be racing four cars at a time on the track, and it seemed like Mason was always coming in third. But the track had an electronic timing system and it seemed like Mason's car was doing well from a time standpoint. When the times were summed up, Mason took seventh place out of 25 cars. Not too shabby for our first attempt. The top four finishers and six of the top eight were all from our ward.

The Prophet said to plant a garden (so that's what we did)

Spencer discovered that digging though San Antonio soil was no easy work

As many of you know, I spent most of February and March away from home doing pediatric and major vascular rotations in Corpus Christi and Dallas. As soon as I came home, I decided to take a week off from work. During my time off, I decided to put build a small raised garden, a project that Teressa and I had been considering for a while. Spencer was excited. He even spent his own money to buy a pair of small shovels and a pair of gloves to he could help out. After two days of work, we have two small gardens with cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and carrots that are already starting to grow. We still have a long time before we will be harvesting anything, but we are hopeful that we will be eating tasty tomatoes this summer instead of the tasteless grocery store variety.

Closet BYU fan

As part of a stake skit night, many of our ward youth and their leaders dressed up as if they were going to a rock concert at BYU. This includes Cassie Schneider, who has claimed in the past to dislike BYU. I have to admit that she looks awfully comfortable in that BYU football jersey, at least until she realizes that the camera is trained on her, and then she has to go back to pretending to hate BYU. Now we know the really truth, Cassie. Go Cougars.

And our destination is ...

The list for Army anesthesiologists has finally come out and we now know where we will be living for the next several years. Unfortunately, I have bad news for all those people who were planning exotic trips to come see us in Lawton, Oklahoma, or Waynesville, Missouri. Yes, the bad news (for you anyway) is that we will be staying right here in San Antonio. And so, while our friends and relatives may be upset that they don't get to visit the previously mentioned prime vacation area, we are very excited to be able to stay put.

Birthday bling

Just as I promised, here is my photo wearing my bling

On my birthday, Randy Schneider showed up with a gift bag. He told me that I could have the gift bag if I would promise to take a picture wearing what was inside. Since I could tell that there was also a candy apple inside the bag, I figured it would be worth the risk. How bad could it be? Well, you can see the picture for yourself. Personally, I think I look quite stunning in a grill. Maybe I need to get a permanent one. Of course, the apple was extremely tasty. We cut it up and served it as our family home evening treat.

Dancing Queen

Teressa shows her funky moves at the youth dance

Teressa and I have similar philosophies on dancing. We both are perfectly happy to slow dance, but neither one of us is particularly willing to fast dance outside of the confines of our own home. We usually avoid the line dances at the stake youth dances like the plague. But on Saturday, for whatever reason, Teressa decided to join in. I think it may have been the influence of Cassie Schneider, who is usually quick to jump out there. Since I had my camera there to take pictures of the Marde Gras decorations that we had helped Cassie with, I couldn't help but snap a few frames of this rare occurrence.

Teressa-ism

Today I overheard Teressa giving her email address, which includes the initials "tlgs," over the phone. "That's 't,' as in Teressa, 'l' as in love, 'g' as goat and 's' as in Scott." I guess I know what I will be getting Teressa next Christmas.

Tough love

This past week, I had the pleasure of taking Mason to the lab to get some blood drawn. He needed to be tested for food allergies. Teressa had already tried to take Mason in for skin testing the week before, but once Mason saw how many times he was going to be tested, he wouldn't cooperate. I took Mason into the lab on a post-call day. I had prepared him by reminding him of the IV he had gotten when he was in the hospital. He hadn't even flinched when he got the IV. And when we first went back into the lab, it seemed that Mason would be fine. It didn't take long before Mason started worrying and then decided not to go along with the plans. The phlebotomist was patient and we tried to talk him into doing things the easy way. We tried for nearly 15 minutes before deciding it was time to do things the hard way. I sat down and restrained Mason on my lap, medic held Mason's arm still and the phlebotomist drew the blood. Mason screamed the whole time, even before he was poked with the needle. (Note the lack of pictures on this post. They wouldn't have been pretty.) Later, as we were driving home, I asked Mason if he would have rather done the skin test after all. He insisted that the blood test was better. He's probably right. I can't imagine what it would have been like to hold him down for over twenty skin tests.

Fishy story, part 2

Maybe Spencer's fish was the only fish that was hungry

For Christmas, I gave Mason and Spencer new fishing poles. Along with those poles, I gave them coupons for a fishing trip with Dad. Teressa graciously provided us the opportunity to go fishing on her birthday. (She was more interested in the family time and in the hike that followed.) We went back to the fishing pier where we had so much success this summer. Unfortunately, the fish weren't biting the same way they were before, but Spencer did manage to make sure we didn't get skunked. The funny part is that right before he caught the fish, Spence had just about given up. He was ready to put his pole down and go play. Of course, as soon as he caught the fish, that's exactly what he did anyway. Attention spans are short, my friends.


Spencer caught the lone fish on this expedition

Thanks

Our playground equipment looks much better after some work

Even though our swing set is only about two-and-a-half years old, it was in need of some serious work. The wood had become gray and weathered and the tarp that covered the upper level had come apart and fallen off. Teressa put me to work staining the wood, and Grandpa and Grandma Scott surprised us by making a new roof for us for Christmas. Now the swings look better than ever.

Strange tastes

This little item was found abandoned on the kitchen counter

One day over the holidays, we came downstairs to find a new kind of sandwich on the kitchen counter. It seems that Mason decided it would be a good idea to experiment with sandwich innards. Judging by the amount that was left, frosted miniwheats do not make a very good sandwich.