Sleet Tongue

Trying to catch some sleet on the ol' tongue, aye?  

Perhaps you'll have more luck tomorrow, when it is 100 percent chance of snow. I know you are looking forward to THAT! 

G6 W20 Last Night's Dinner This Morning

Let's see if I remember - Pasta with Chicken and Chickpeas, ?, Chili Dogs, Mac and Cheese with Ham, Pasta with mixed veg, Fried Rice with Mangos, #6 - Stewed Pork.

Christmas Hair Cut

 

Though it may not look it, I tried to remember to give you a hair cut before Christmas Morning, because I was NOT going to have you looking like a bad Bob Ross impersonator when the photos were taken. :D

Jaxon's Strong Shadow

You wanted me to take a picture of how your shadow made you look like you had some mighty muscular arms :)

G6 W19 Last Night's Dinner, This Morning

Let's see... Chicken and Dumplings, Green Beans and Rice, Fried Rice with Salmon Patties, Potatoes with er, something, Rotini Pasta and Salad, Green Enchiladas and refried beans, and finally, Eggplant Lasagna with Garlic Bread.

Morning Walk Shenanigans

 We have this little bump by the side of our walking path, that is gravel / caliche that was used to pave our walkway, waaaaaaay back when.

Sometimes, when little boys tire of the same ol' same ol' walking in circles, they climb up on little gravel hills just for the heck of it.

Decorating Christmas Cookies

We had made the cookies a few days earlier, and waited till today to decorate them.

We made do with my unprofessional icing, and the stash of sprinkles up in the cupboard. 

I think we did pretty good :)

Do you think you could make out which ones were mine and which ones were yours?

G6 W18 Last Night's Dinner, This Morning.

Let's see....Chili Potatoes, Shredded Chicken Sandwich with Sweet Potato, Fish Croissants with Baked Beans,  Fried Rice with Curry, Ravioli Ravioli, Rotisserie Chicken with Curry, Won Tons.

What A Blessing

 ... that I get to go on daily walks with my boys, weather permitting - which so far have been more good days than bad.

Just Taking a Breather..

 ... on Grandad's old car :)

G6 W17 Last Night's Dinner, This Morning

 

Let's see...Sandwiches made with leftover Fish Fingers, Homemade Chicken Nuggets, Pasta with Ground Turkey, Carrot and Potato Curry, Ground Turkey Tacos and Cheesy Chicken Pasta Bake.

Making Sugar Cookies

 Another one of our Christmas-time traditions that you love - Sugar Cookies.

Mommy's Little Helper

When the different times of the year come around, you love to help out with all the different traditions we have. 

Here you are, putting that Jaxon touch and flair onto the Christmas Tree.

Oh, how our metabolisms are worlds apart.

Here you are in the early morning in your PJs while I bring the dog out, and me all wrapped up, complete with scarf, no less.

All Wrapped Up

You actually got cold enough to don a jacket today, 

and you and daddy reminded me of the little boy in Ezra Jack Keat's "The Snowy Day".

G6 W16 Last Night's Dinner, This Morning

 Let's see..... Red Beans and Rice with Cinnamon Brown Sugar Apples, Fried Rice with Potato Curry, Sandwich with leftover meat, Grilled Cheese Sandwich and Biscuit with Tomato Soup, Empanadas, Eggplant Lasagna with Garlic SourDough. 

Santa's Little Helper

Or in this case, Mommy's Little Helper.

You certainly are tall enough to hang these gigantic outdoor ornaments in the upper branches better than I can :)

Another Beautiful Fall Day

So beautiful that you thought nothing of going on our walk in shorts and a sleeveless tee! Your daddy and I weren't that brave - we had our jackets on :) 

Such exuberance of youth, tho. :)

Happiness is an early Christmas Present!

You had been needing one for a while now, and the order came in the mail today! 

A New Chair!

Especially when it is in one of your favorite colors!

And it swivels!

And has an adjustable height pneumatic thingy!

And it has "Gamer Chair" in its name!

You helped some with the assembly, and learned a little bit about using an Allen Wrench.

The whole time I was putting it together ( with your help ), you would say that I was "Ikea"ing.

 Oh Brother.

Now you can do your homework and er, watch videos and play games, in comfort. :)

The Short One

 I am officially ( well, I have been for a while now, but still.. ) the shortest human in our nuclear family.

You have been growing like a weed during these quarantine months.  

We just measured your height yesterday, and you are now 5'7".

At 11 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 1 day.

😲

According to the charts, you are the height of an average 15 year old.

😲

G6 W15 Last Night's Dinner, This Morning

 

Let's see....pasta with ground turkey, sweet potato fries n mac n cheese n chicken sandwich, rice with mapo tofu, ? sandwich..., and leftover tamales with spanish rice.

Overheard in the Woods Household

 The little boy, after witnessing me squash a bothersome fly...

"The fly had not fled,

   so he died, and is dead"

Homemade Ice Cream

Daddy loves making homemade ice cream - cherry being his favorite flavor to do so..

And of course being the little one has its perks :) - including getting to lick the little plastic dasher :)

G6 W14 Last Night's Dinner, This Morning

 

Cream Cheese/Artichoke/Spinach Jumbo Shells, Chili Baked Potato, Fiesta Salad, Shepherd's Pie, Shrimp with rice, Noodles with Chicken.

( sorry, there are some which I can't decipher....even if I did make them )

Keepin' on A-Growin'

Not quite Daddy's height yet, but getting up there.

Shedding of Teeth en masse

This morning, you came out of your room all incredulous, holding a tooth in your hand.  You had been having breakfast, and out popped a tooth that had been wriggly.

It wouldn't be such a "thing", except that a couple of days ago, you had just shed another tooth.

And two more just a week or so ago.

You had been saying, "I don't lose any teeth for YEARS, and suddenly they are coming out all at the same time!"

I don't know that much about dentistry, and I don't remember all that clearly my own experiences with the shedding of teeth, but one quick google search later put my mind at ease. :)

G6 W13 Last Night's Dinner, This Morning

Seriously, I am doing these blog posts like 6 months after the fact ( but re-dated to actual time ) and so there are a bunch of these meals that I look at, and think... Ehhhh?

I will try my best to recognize these...Red Beans and Rice, Chicken Tacos, Eggplant Lasagna, Green Enchilada, and there are 2 more that I am not certain of... bleh.

Happy Belated Halloween, Pumpkins.

 

I was NOT about to have a pumpkin rot on me in a week or so, 

so I made an executive decision that we weren't going to carve, but use markers instead.

Of course they would have to be the "Chill Face" from Roblox, and the Cyalm Symbol from Adventure Forward 2 :)

A Boy and His Cat

You guys are still best buddies :)

Library Books To Return

We had had these books for a while now, obviously not having returned them because of not leaving home to the library during The Pandemic.

When Cindy told us she was coming out to bring us some food from George's, I thought that would be a good opportunity to get them back to the library.

Oh My, What Big Feet You Have!

We had to get you new shoes seeing how the old ones were worn, but more importantly, they were getting terribly small.  I think most would argue that rather than the shoes shrinking, your FEET were the ones getting humongous. :P

Mine on the Left, Yours on the Right.

G6 W12 Last Night's Dinner, This Morning

Pasta with Ground Turkey, Chicken Sandwich, Rice and Beans, Hot Dogs.

Ravioli, BBQ Pulled Chicken, Chicken and dumplings, Fish Sandwiches.

Tic Tac Toe in the Sky!

It's a little more difficult to remember your place when you're playing it in the sky though :)

Wintry Mix Shenanigans :)

Hehe, I think I spy Daddy wondering, "What on Earth?" in the background :)

Wintry Excitement

What do you get when you put a little boy and some wintry mix together?  

LOTS OF FUN!

G6 W11 Last Night's Dinner, This Morning.

 

Let's see...Creamy Spinach filled Jumbo Shells, Chili Baked Potatoes, Turkey Pot Pie?, Ham and Cheese Sandwich with Rotisserie Chicken, Shredded Pork? and the preps for the 15 Bean Soup.

Last Night's Dinner This Morning.

 

Imitation Crab Taco, Fried Rice with Fried Egg, Curry, A Mexican Meal, Rotini with Pasta Sauce, ?Shredded Chicken with mashed potatoes and corn.

G6 W10 Height Charting

Here we go... you are 5 foot 6 1/2 at approximately 11 years and 6 months.  Still way off the charts.

Morning Walk Fashions

As long as our arms, legs and face are protected from the sun AND bugs, it doesn't matter all that much if our clothes "go together". :P