we hope everyone had a good thanksgiving. we opted this year for the traditional saturday fete with a sunday hambone cookoff. unfortunately, we don't have any pictures of the meal. we have only the recorded description of eli, who opined, "this looks like a pig", while eating the ham. if he only knew. our friends, the mccarreys came to visit from new york, but were not able to stay long enough for the thanksgiving carousal. i worked on thursday, so we delayed the banquet until saturday. i spent the better part of saturday at the children's museum, leaving kelley with a vacant kitchen. as it turns out, thanksgiving saturday is the worst day of the year for a trip to the children's museum. every child in the greater denver area showed up with two parents, four grandparents and a host of aunts and uncles lugging camcorders and all jockeying for the best picture taking ground like so many paparazzi. and oh, the waiting time to use the light blue paint! the jollification commenced later that evening with some friends and family. particularly noteworthy were kelley's candied yams, which could more accurately be described as yam garnished marshmallows. after nearly a week of ham sandwiches and pumpkin pie, we're starting to see an end to the leftovers, kelley having fashioned a batch of home made hot pockets with most of the turkey and a couple of cans of pillsbury crescent rolls. what do i want for christmas? how about a pair of size 48 jeans?
with mom at the museum (this was not taken on thanksgiving, for those who claim this is an impossible photograph)
drawing with the swiss army crayon
impressions in light blue
picasso himself never used so much blue.
penelope's literary recreation from the pages of watership down
a tryptophan glazed group photo
eli & penelope driving the semi at the amusement park. eli has to be twice as alert when pen is at the wheel.
dad hitches a ride
"don't look directly into the stream"
the kids play a game with grandpa called "don't drink the ink". those are also the rules.
