Aspirations

Brandon is always telling me how he wants to be Jason Bourne or Jack Bauer or other guys with impressive skills. We have both been reading C.S. Lewis books lately and were discussing once again how amazed we are with his intelligence and grasp of spiritual concepts. So then Brandon said he would like to have the brain of C.S. Lewis with the skills of Jason Bourne. Quite the combo.

Recommendation

I tried to think of a pie to make for Thanksgiving and I thought it would be fun to attempt Pumpkin Cheesecake so I went with this recipe and it was delicious. I ended up making it late on Thanksgiving Eve and it was around 10:30 at night when I made all the filling and realized the recipe made enough for 2 pie pans. Not only is 10:30 at night a bad time to knock on a neighbor's door, but the night before Thanksgiving is for sure the most likely time out of the entire year that they will say they do not have a pie pan they can lend you. I opted for the bread pan. Not ideal, but it worked.

Extra washing

Calvin is always so anxious to get in the bathtub as soon as we walk into the bathroom he tries to climb in, even though he still has his clothes on. I decided to let him this time, hoping that it will help him realize why we take clothes off first. (I don't think he caught on, surprise, surprise) Plus, our washer has been broken for over a week, so why not let Calvin wash his clothes at the same time?

Happy Thanksgiving!

In the Spirit of Thanksgiving

How did this happen?

Last week our laptop died. It was tragic and inevitable, so old, so slow. On Saturday we went shopping for a replacement. It was already nauseating to me to spend so much money all at once. Large purchases are difficult. You would think spending so much money would make us be more conservative with our spending for a little while... but I guess not.
A desktop was more logical and somehow we ended up with both a new computer and a new TV. Brandon is some sort of genius. I'm still a little confused about it all.
It all started when Brandon suggested we spend just a little more and get a TV to use as a computer monitor. That made sense to me. Then somehow we were buying a huge TV, and that turned into a reasonable size TV... and a computer monitor. So here I am sitting at the computer with monitor I expected we would buy, while Brandon is in the other room with a TV I would never ever agree to buy - but did. Genius.

Skunk farmers and our skunk

Calvin's favorite part of our ward Halloween party: the cupcake

Coloring

As I mentioned on my other blog Calvin is obsessed with coloring. He throws a fit unless I let him color several, several times a day. He mainly likes to draw balls. And then he insists that I draw some balls too. Every now and then he'll request a duck or a truck. He is getting pretty good at his circles, which makes sense considering how many he draws a day. I like how he sticks his finger out on the crayon for better control. Maybe by the time he's two he'll get it down and ready to move onto squares.
Although crayons aren't the ideal medium, it's nice for me to get in a little extra sketching too.