What We Did This Weekend

We stayed at David and Connie's. Their back yard neighbors have goats and emus (I think they're emus anyways). The kids would go out and feed them grass and leaves.

We also spent a lot of time in the yard, on the swingset, or running around. That's Jonathan and Emily.

Auntie Connie showed the kids how to play Twister.

And there was a game of Candy Land.

The boys had a great time!

Thanksgiving Dinner Pix

Nate getting tickled by Auntie Judy, Uncle David, Auntie Connie and cousin Emily.

That's Jonathan

Eating with Pops

Remember Simone??

Very tied after the party!

Lego Death Star

Austin and AJ are chattering about how they're getting the Lego Death Star this year. This is a $400 Lego kit.

Dave says, "guys, what makes you think you're getting the Death Star?"
Austin "well, it's on the list"
Dave "but it doesn't work like that"
Austin: "we were really, REALLY good this year and we put it on the list!"
Dave: "but you don't just get everything you ask for"
AJ: "OHHHH! So we don't have to be good anymore?"

sigh.

Park Today

The kids are off from school all week. We picked up Chick-fil-a and ate at the park.

Report Cards!

Boys did well this first semester. Austin even got a Citizenship Award!

The Zoo Gets Ready for Christmas.

I thought you'd get a warm fuzzy seeing a picture of a banana tree nestled between 2 christmas trees.

Nate-O

Had Lunch With the Boys at School

Nate was so excited bc I packed him his very own lunchbox.

It was "The Great American Teach-In" and a hair stylist came to AJ's class and....

Look! There's Nina!

Art Work

Nate drew this all by himself. Dave asked him to draw a happy person. The circle on his head is hair.

(On his own- without instruction) AJ folded a piece of paper, traced his hand and cut this out. Then he colored it with a white crayon and drew eyes. It's a spider and it's genius!

AJ's pine cone turkey from school.

I Don't Know Why They Hate Beds.

This is cute bc AJ's sleeping with a 'Penguins' book & his bird shirt.

Weekend @ the Park

I feel so predictable.

AJ had the Peanuts lunchbox filled with candy, a Capri Sun, and Squeaky.

Credit Card Rate Increases

Just FYI...

I got a letter from Citibank a couple days ago. I've been with them for 19 years with a VERY good payment history. They said they're raising my rate from 5.9% to 19% for no reason.

I can opt out- which means payoff my balance and close my account by my card expiration date OR
I can just deal with the rate hike.

We're gonna close out that account. Just a warning that the credit card companies are coming with this. It's probably a good idea to try to bring balances down as much as possible as quickly as possible to avoid this new loansharking trend. Just wanted to warn y'all!

Beautiful Weekend!

Isn't that pretty?

Some Nice Pix of Oz.

These were all from this weekend.

Today I Googled "silly putty in hair" for the first time.

This is Nate.

Some Video

Like many Asians, Nate has some issues pronouncing his 'L's. It's really cute bc he tends to overdo it in an attempt to say it.

Oz just wanted to say hi.

Even More Xmas Stuff

I added my wishes to my Amazon Wish List as well.

More Xmas Stuff

I added a list called Boys Xmas 2009 to the amazon account. Now that we've committed to the DS game system (one for Oz and one for AJ) I added in some of that crap.

Go to amazon.com and search wish lists by davidfenn@yahoo.com

I have yet to see a wish list from Grandma, Grandpa, or Aunt Wes. What's up with that?

A Sight to Behold

Last night Austin slept in his own bed the whole night. I stayed with him (as per his request), but he did it. Tonight he seems dodgy about it, so he's back in our room. He's trying his best, no need to push too hard.

"Turkey Games Night" at School

This is Nate and Ben's brother Nick. Nick was sharing and being nice to Nate, so I took his pic.

Yum!

AJ and some of his prizes.

Nate said, "Take a picture!" then made this face:

All bundled up. Got chilly here- in the 50's, I think.

Nate makes a basket!

Austin & Ben doing the obstacle course.

AJ on the obstacle course with Tanner. That's a little BOY from AJ's class.