Posts from ‘October, 2009’

Okay, camping doesn't suck. But I'm sure you'd like to know why, even though I went camping last night, I'm waking up in my bed this morning. Here goes.
First, despite having them on three different lists, I forgot diapers again. Not a huge deal. I had enough to make it until morning, but still.
Secondly, Celeste [...]

Tonight, Celeste and I made pumpkin cookies. Despite our measurements being a bit off with her helping and all, they turned out delicious.
Many of you have asked for the recipe. I used, basically, my dear friend Melissa's recipe. Only I halved it, and added a few "Daniel" touches.
Daniel and Melissa's Cherry Pumpkin Cookies
Wet Works:
1/2 cup [...]

Our last day was hectic. In fact, i'm writing this from the plane as we decend into DFW.
I spent 3 hours getting ready for the day, having breakfast, and packing bags. There was just too much to fit into too little of space. My mom gave Celeste a blanket, two stuffed animals, 3 sweat [...]

Yesterday was filled with fun. Perhaps one of my best days yet.
After getting ourselves ready in the morning, C and I went for a hike up Mt. Philo in order to look over the entire Champlain valley. At least that was the goal. Access tithe park was closed, however. So, we could only access [...]

All the rain up here is really weighing heavy on my plans to spend time outdoors. I didn't really figure out much to do inside, so I'm scrambling to find stuff C will enjoy.
Yesterday, we went for a nice walk in the woods — William's Woods, to be [...]

I've been in and out of sleep for the past 3 hours. I keep waking up from the same basic nightmare: an older (10 or so) kid is threatening C and I continuously handle it in a way that leaves her dead or paralyzed.
The waking up part is a byproduct of the room we're sleeping [...]

Yesterday was nice and expected, but not at all how I like to spend my vacation time. We ate breakfast at grandma's house, then drove to my mom's house. There we walked around the yard for a bit, and then went out for lunch. When we got home the baby napped and mom and I [...]

I found some "Neighbor Net" at my Grandmother's house. It's not fantastic, but, I was pulling photos off of camera cards and thought it was worth a shot to check.

The kiddo will be up any minute now. Hopefully, my grandmother will finish up in the bathroom early enough for me to throw a shower in [...]

We made it to the pumpkin patch after all yesterday. C wasn't all that crazy about it but she did enjoy the tractor drawn wagon ride on the way out there. Then she ate TWO hotdogs for lunch at McSweenys. We walked around the mall for a bit since it was raining. Then later ran [...]

It's a very rainy morning here in Peru, NY, so our plans to visit a pumpkin patch are on hold. However, we've got plenty to do today and are excited about the day ahead of us.
We're going into the city for rain boots and a nice lunch. Then we're headed back to play games and [...]