December 2 = Beef Lo Mein Day

I've been looking forward to making this meal all week.  I'm pretty sure it's my absolute favorite and it's a great way to get me to eat vegetables- zucchini, carrots, onion, sometimes snow peas- so so good!  Malia enjoyed her beef lo mein- well the noodles at least!

December 1 = Pour Your Dinner on Your Head Day

I'm not going to lie- Malia gave me a rough time today.  This is going to be a rough week.  Zachary has a basketball tournament this week so he had a game last night and will have games Wednesday and Thursday but tonight, as always on Tuesday, he had class.  So serving dinner to two toddlers by oneself can sometimes be a challenge.  Tonight was one of those times that it was very challenging.  Liam has also been going through one of his phases where he only speaks in whine and there's very little that makes him happy.  So I was allowing him to eat his dinner on a picnic blanket in front of the tv and as I was sitting with him making sure he was as happy as he would allow himself to be, Malia got busy with her dinner that, before I walked away from her, she was eating like a perfectly sane being.  I came back and found this:

I laughed because what else do you do?  And then I stripped her down and took her up to the bathtub.  My method for cleaning them is to keep them out of the bathtub and wash them down with a wash cloth and then put them in when they're clean for them to enjoy the water and bubbles.  I don't know how one would be able to lift them up in the tub and clean them at the same time so that's what I do.  Well, I noticed the wash cloths in the tub had been used for a few days so I went to switch them and as I walked to the linin closet to get a new clean wash cloth, Malia peed on the floor.  I laughed again because, again, what else can you do?  I moved her away from her puddle, cleaned her up, put her in the bath and cleaned up the puddle.  She got her bath and eventually she was ready to get out.  I put her on the changing table and dried her off.  I walked over to her closet to get a diaper and she peed on the changing table.  Now how she had enough in her to go twice in twenty minutes is beyond me but she did.  So I laughed again and got her dressed and then proceeded to count down the minutes until Zachary got home!

November 29 = Nap Day

So Sundays in this house consist of watching football and Zachary taking couch naps.  I am incapable of taking couch naps.  I must be in my bed, lights off, fan on.  But Zachary, out of necessity from going to the Citadel and then being on a ship for 7 months straight, has a talent of being able to sleep anywhere under nearly all conditions- including having a dog snuggled up around his neck.

November 28 = Malia and Daisy Bonding Day

How cute are they??

November 27 = Picture Day

I went shopping with my friend Amy a few weeks back and got some cute, coordinating clothes for the kids for the purpose of getting a good family picture.  We didn't have anyone to take a picture of the four- well with Daisy, five- of us so we split up.  Here are a few of my favorites- the kids were not very cooperative at all so these are the few that were acceptable out of the hundred we took.

Daisy and Zachary got the memo.  Liam and Malia did not.

November 26 = Thanksgiving

This was our first Thanksgiving not with one of our families.  We definitely missed everyone but it was nice not to have to travel.  Grace posted this picture of her and Matt and I just have to share because how gorgeous are they??

 I love this picture of Daisy... she has a hernia as you can see but I just love this because she looks like a grumpy old man.

I think Daisy and Malia are going to be best friends... here's a morning cat nap...

...and then an afternoon one.

So I have a little bit of regret regarding this Thanksgiving.  I spent a lot of the day cleaning because Zachary was home and was doing such a good job of entertaining the kids and the dog.  I started the day off by trying to watch some of the Macy's parade but Liam really wanted to watch Mickey Mouse so that was shot.  We just got our new washer so I was catching up on laundry and just putting stuff away that had piled up in places where said stuff didn't belong.  But Zachary cooked everything for dinner- this was our first turkey and it was perfect.  He made the best mashed potatoes I've ever tasted.  We had macaroni and cheese as well as sweet potatoes.  It was delicious and the kids agreed.  I just wish I would have done a craft with the kids or done some more reflection or something- the day just kind of passed.  But there's always next year.

November 25 = Daisy's First Whole Day

We found this crate for Daisy on Craig's List for $15.  This size would easily be $100 brand new so it was quite a steal.  And as a bonus- the kids love it!

Just kidding about that being a bonus- we will keep them out of it from now on but just had to snap a picture.