Stuff

Due to coaching, I have been lacking my 2 hours of peace and quiet on Saturday while little man takes a nap. Unfortunately, I typically return home from races just as he is waking up rested and ready to go. So I apologize to the grandmas in the family about the lack of updates. Read Andy's blog: he still has the nap-time hour to post. So, what have we been up to?

We have been enjoying all the amazing things fall has to offer.... (I see this driving home from work every day!)

The colors are wonderful this time of year.

Raking leaves. OK, so little man actually does not rake them, he throws them, jumps in them, and rides around in the wheel barrow.

Then he takes a nap.

We have been enjoying time with friends; even when things get a little out of hand. One of our friends brought a coconut to playgroup the other night, and none of us really knew how to get it open - even though the coconut itself was labeled easy open. We started with a screw driver and mallet and were able to poke a hole in it and drain the milk out. Oh, and just for the record, straight up coconut milk does not taste good. Did I mention we shared it with the toddlers before the moms tasted it? After a broken plate due to a flying mallet the coconut was taken outside where it was easily opened by one mom smashing it with a hammer. It tasted great, even if the toddlers were not so sure after the coconut milk incident.

We have planted a ton of garlic. They were selling the stuff by the pound for planting. Does anyone know how much garlic that leaves you with for planting? Let me break it down for you: each clove planted produces a bulb of garlic, each bulb had 8-10 cloves and a pound of garlic equals about 8 bulbs. That is a lot of stinking garlic. It smelled great though and I can't wait till we begin to dig it out next year.

We attempted to make butter again using a different recipe. We were able to make whipped cream with it. We're still working on the butter.

And the Grand Finale if you have not been reading Andy's blog. Our first official snow fall was last night. Not enough to to last for very long, but enough to make a nice slushy mess last night.