Archive for November, 2006

Thanksgiving 2006

Dinner
This year, Alex and I tried our hand at making our own Thanksgiving meal (using the same recipe I jotted down from 2 Thanksgivings ago), and we ended up baking a 16lb turkey which of course was way too big for the four of us. We got the turkey fresh on the day of […]

Alphabet Crown

Wednesday night when we went to pick up Wesley, he had a big Alphabet crown adorning his head when greetng us at the door. This was the symbol of achievement for these youngsters when they have mastered the recognition of letters and sounds of the alphabet. His teacher told us that he had worn the […]

Car Collision

I’ve never been involved in a head-on/side collision before, but this was an interesting first. We were at a standstill on a 4-lane road waiting to make a left turn when we saw a Ford Expedition crash into a Honda-like vehicle from behind pushing the car 10-15 feet forward straight into our car. It’s […]

Swim Class (Week 7 & 8)

Hoorah both boys got their 1st ribbon from swim class these weeks. Nicholas earned his Jellyfish ribbon last week and has started to progress beyond the gliding phase to actually kicking his feet. Never seen swimming broken down to these level of mechanics, but well… whatever works! At the end of this week’s class, Nicholas […]