Trains, Poinsettia's, and Lumpia

This is at the Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha. They've set up a dream room for my boys: Christmas Trees and Trains!
I liked the poinsettia tree with the train going through it. We watched this train go all around the upper track, through the tree, and out the other side.
I showed them the webpage of the exhibit at home before we went. P said choo choo the whole drive to the garden and the entire time we walked around the exhibit. He likes trains! S raced the trains; he was faster!
Some different varieties of poinsettia's. I really liked the crinkly ones below with the white and pink leaves.

These 2 pictures are mainly for my cousin L. Since we can't just drive down the street to our favorite Guam restaurant; we decided to whip up some lumpia(similar to eggrolls) at home. It really turned out tasty. Truong's served it with noodles and wrapped in lettuce, so we got the lettuce and made some noodles. D even made a little dipping sauce similar to the one they served there. It wasn't exactly the same, but they were yummy!

Fun Times

D got to catch up with his life-long buddy L over the Thanksgiving holiday. Here they are posing for me, so I could document the rare occasion.
S playing with his cousin B. They sat here playing with the rain chimes for about 15 or 20 minutes... They had a great time playing over the weekend. Great playmates!
We had some more snow yesterday. Not much, but enough for little toddlers to play in. P finally made it out in his snow gear to play.
The boys all bundled up!
The boys were sliding around, stomping and just being silly. This picture made me think of the Olympics for some reason... P saying, ok, I'm getting ready to go...
And it's S's turn now. Watch Out!

Thanksgiving 2010

Me and my Mema, cousins, and kiddos.
M and the boys. She was such a big help with the boys. She fed P his lunch and played with S all morning and afternoon. S thinks she is the greatest.
D and E :)
My parents!
Me and mom.
M and S coloring.
The boys on the way home from Mema's... they were all worn out.

First Snow of the Season

Our first snow this year was on November 14, over a month later than last year! It melted that day, but it was fun while it lasted.

S doing donuts on the deck.

P thinking about going outside...

OK, so if I put on boots, mommy will let me go outside.

If you ever read the Familly Circus, then you know what I was thinking when I took this picture. S was walking looking back at his footprints; he really liked the trail he was making.
Brrrrrrrrr..... I think it's time to go in!