Calling for help!

We've been invited to Thanksgiving dinner at a colleague of Clint's. Ironically, they live across the street and 3 doors down. I've never met them. I've been asked to take dessert. So, please, tell me what to take. I know, the obvious is pie, but what kind? Should I do something fancy (chocolate, key lime, a cream of some sort) or traditional? Should I do fancy traditional (cream cheese pumpkin, chocolate pumpkin)? Please help me decide! Oh, and remember, I live in the south. Thanks!

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Happy Birthday Emery!

He's three! I can't believe it. Wow. He was such a sweet little thing and early too, a surprise to us all. He's a joy and so full of life.

We celebrated on Sunday because Clint teaches tonight until 9:30. We had dinner with our friends, and then presents and cake. Emery got a very cool remote control Mader, some orange cones (perfect for driving around, sports, and using as hats), a great dinosaur puzzle, some little dinosaur models and an awesome cape.

The tractor cake was a hit and after blowing out the candles, before anyone realized what he was doing, Emery had added some dinos to the cake. Not just gently placed them, he smashed them right into the cake.

Here are some pictures. I'm terrible with placement, so you just have to enjoy them where they are. Sorry! Oh, and one of the day he was born.

Chani is starting to repeat words. Daddy, Mama, and Uh-huh are current. This is her new favorite, and she walks around the house saying it all day. It's a crack up!

Clint's birthday

I'm about a week behind and so it's a day of catch-up blogging. Lots of posts are coming.

Clint had a birthday last Thursday. It wasn't too eventful, Thursday is one of his long days at work, so he didn't get home until after the kids were in bed. I only snapped two pictures, and for the record he did get all those candles blown out in one breath. He got a pair of Speedplay road bike pedals, which he really, really wanted, they made him very happy.

5 things about Chani

We were tagged. Here are five things about Chani, who just turned one.


1. Chani loves shoes. She loves to have her daddy put her shoes on her feet. If she already has her shoes on, she has to make sure that everyone else has their shoes on too.


2. Chani loves my make-up bag. I cannot keep her out of it. If she finds it zipped closed, she pitches a huge fit. I hope Santa can find her a pretend make-up bag of her very own


3. Chani loves her binky. She has two and wants both of them...one to hold and one in her mouth when she sleeps.


4. Chani loves Emery and wants to be like him. She follows him around and lives to laugh with him.


5. Chani is a climber. The other day I was typing at the computer and she was playing behind me. The next thing I knew she was STANDING on the kitchen table. She had shimmied onto the chair and from there up onto the table. Emery never climbed this much!
We tag anyone who wants to play!

Weird thing about Texas #1

So, we're finding out there are differences to living in the south. Every few days we come up with another strange thing about Texas. I thought you might like to hear them on occasion. So, here's the first.



We have not been able to find Cinnamon Bears in Texas. Even more strange, people have never heard of them. If anyone wants to do something nice for Clint for his birthday, they could send a bag or two of these our way.

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Oh, John!

We had a fantastic visit with Clint's parents. It was lots of fun, and the kids loved spending time with Grandma and Grandpapa. Yesterday afternoon we went to Beaumont to pick up some fabric for nursing covers and some crickets (for Clint's frog). On the way home, John was trying to move over to the right lane and there was a car in his blind spot. Kay and I were both saying, "John! John! There's a car there!" We finally made it to the lane we needed to be in and Emery says, "Oh, John! That's not a good way to drive." I shushed him quickly and held back a snicker. Emery is his own little person and so funny!

The "riber" pictures

We went down to the Sabine yesterday and took some pictures. Emery calls it the "riber". We had a fun time watching the boats and reading all the historical plaques.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Halloween pictures

We had a Halloween overload. On Wednesday we went to a pre-school Halloween party, on Thursday it was the Branch Trick or Treat and on Friday we went to a few houses around our neighborhood.

It was a fun time with both Petey Pan and Tinkey Bell. Emery is sad the season is over, he keeps telling me how to trick-or-treat. "Ring the door bell, say "trick-or-treat" and then say "bye, thanks!"