We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday this week! We're looking forward to a weekend of turkey sandwiches and unpacking Christmas decorations around here (ok guess which one of us is looking forward to which part of that sentence...).
This past week or so we've had some actual chilly days. We had to fire up the plug-in heater a couple of nights --- to give you an idea of how totally reasonable the weather is here ordinarily, we are equipped with neither central air nor central heat. And we rarely miss either!
We also had an unexpected emergency: our TV died. The cathode-ray tube era has finally ended for us. Apparently the life expectancy of a Sony Trinitron that Sergio "bought off some dude in West Campus" is about 5 years (not bad). We thought we could hold out for a while but literally within hours Sergio was walking the streets, window-shopping for a replacement, and within 24 hours the LCD flat-screen era had commenced.
That's flat, baby!One fun part about a little chill in the air is dressing Ivan up like some kind of kooky elfin child.
"I live under a bridge and 'll eat your children..."Or as a fancy Polanquito, courtesy of his fancy French footies.
And just in time for the holidays, Ivan's teeth have made their world debut. A little over a week ago, a little needle-sharp bump appeared on his bottom gum, and now we're looking at TWO of the little chompers.
Look real close:
He's like an upside-down Bucky Beaver.Most of the time, though, Ivan tries to hide his new dental equipment.
We're only test-driving the high chair at this point. Ivan will try his first "real" food on December 7th, his half-year birthday. Gulp.
Its a shame he couldn't partake of the feast we enjoyed around here yesterday. The neighborhood potluck was extraordinary with 3 beautiful turkeys, a fleet of side dishes and an embarrassment of desserts. We had excellent company, a gorgeous evening and lots of leftovers.
Gorgeous presentation...
Turkey 1...
Turkey 2 (3 ended up being far too much).
Ivan works the crowd.
We love the crisp air of autumn, but turkey dinner outside at sunset next to a swimming pool is pretty nice too.
2 comments:
ivan's outfits are killing me! soooooo cute! he looked so dapper on thanksgiving!
i'll email you some pix from out teeny tiny thanksgiving for two. by the time we picked a turkey, all the little ones were gone. it was bigger than the cat!
glad to see you are doing so well!
i'd love to see that turkey anne! turducken must have been very interested in that big bird! xmas in texas or cali this year?
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