Doughnuts, Nails, Fashion . . .

We started the day off with hot fresh doughnuts at Crispy Cream's, went goofing around with our cameras at a park, and finished the afternoon with finger nail painting . . . the mice are playing. But, we miss you mommy! -CRW

Sledding anyone?

The girls and I went sledding last weekend and had a blast! We went with some friends and their kids and everyone wants to go back for more next week. It was the perfect day to go. It was so warm on Mount Hood they ended up taking off most of their layers. CRW stayed home with PeiWei. That was the best part of the trip leaving Miss Whinny Butt home. That's right Mom I called my kid a name, when the shoe fits wear it. It was so much fun to go with Lulu and Red. I could be the fun parent for the day because, I didn't have a soon to be terrible two's on my hands. Oh wait, I already have a terrible two's on my hands and she is only 21 months. I wonder what it will be like when she is actually two, maybe I shouldn't ask. She is a great kid and so much fun but as you can guess she has been a little whinny lately and a little too attached to her mama.

R-

Photo Session I Dec - 2009

I recently had the opportunity to shoot a bunch of pictures of family that I'll be posting over the next few days. The setting of the house made me feel that a worn look would work well as a background - giving them an aged feel. -CRW

What is wrong with people

I have to share a funny story and I don't know if it will reflect poorly on me or the other person. So we are at the grocery store and the sales clerk says: "Your baby doesn't have any front teeth, what happened?" Well anyone who knows me really well can probably guess what I said next. I said: "We are huge Twilight fans and wanted her to be a vampire for Halloween so, we had them pulled." Now, I don't think that this is the bad part of the story. The truly best part is the look on the sales clerk face after I said it. The worst part of the story is I left her thinking we really did do it just for Halloween. I never said just kidding or at any point in the conversation said gotcha. OK,OK, OK so maybe the term conversation is to loose. I mean she stared at me with her mouth open and had a look of utter confusion on her face. I continued to convince her I was completely serious. Maybe due to the North West's alternative lifestyle here and all the "Weird People" I was just to believable. Come on People it was a joke.

Is this a bad practice to have, pulling other people's leg? Maybe it is only bad if you never correct the wild story weaved. I know Grandpa Walter was the best person to do this to. It was so funny to watch him get all worked up. If I ever got him good I never told him I was kidding. He was the most fun to tease. Maybe this is why I fall for everything my younger brother says to me. My stories are to unbelievable. He always just laughs and says you are so easy to tease. Well what do you think am I horrible or is it just harmless fun?

R-

Photo Session Nov 2009. . .

I had the fun opportunity to do a photo shoot this last week with a friend and his family. This is what I came up with. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! -CRW

Cake . . .

Lulu and Red celebrated their birthdays with friends and family recently. Lulu got boots and a movie, while Red got pajamas and a video game. They both received phone calls from well wishing relatives, and both were sung to in the traditional fashion right before they blew out the candles on their cakes.

Red's cake was chocolate with a mousse cream center. Lulu's cake was a rich 'Chentelle' cake covered in fresh berries. Which did I eat more of . . . well truth be told I ate more of the chocolate cake. There was more of it, and I hate to see food go to waste. Just the size of the cake allowed us all to have lots of servings. The 'Chentelle' cake is rich, very rich! A little serving of 'Chentelle' goes a long way, so you could have just as many pieces (just smaller) with about the same caloric intake as the other cake. - I can say after a week of cake I don't want to see any cake for a long time. -CRW

Red Gets Baptized . . .

I'm not a marathon runner, nor do I do anything running related. I know myself, and know that I am strong and fairly fast, yet if I were ever to get in a fight I had better win it fast and quick. (Luckily wrestling with my brothers has always gone that route. I destroyed them quickly and made it look effortless.) I know that if it ever took longer than a minute I'm going to tire quickly, and anything that lasts to the second round will not bode well for me. Unlike marathon runners I most likely would fade quickly during a race. I'd collapse, probably passed out from a lack of oxygen or heart palpitations, and wake lying face down in a gutter. That is how it is when it comes to our family and the holiday season.

Halloween is the kickoff of events that our little group must run and survive. The first in a series of nonstop events, just like a marathon, that stretches from the celebration of all things ghoulish to New Year's day. By the beginning of the New Year I am lucky not to find myself in the gutter begging for it all to stop. The foods, the parties, all the get togethers! Just between the holiday's, and the connected sub-holiday parties, we have 5 birthday's - all which are celebrated at more parties . . . 'sigh'! All the socializing - my head hurts thinking about it.

There was one event that I was looking forward to in our family's line of up coming events this particular holiday marathon - the baptism of Red. Congratulations!! I'm proud of the person you've become, and the choices you've made. I love you Red! -CRW

* It's not really all that bad. :-)