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Day 331

Liam has developed a slight obsession for jumping off high things . . . things higher than he is tall actually. As you can imagine, given my recent ACL reconstructive surgery, I am not so excited about this. He and his dad were having quite the time at the park on Sunday scaring the bejeebers out of me until I told Keegan not to tear his ACL. Apparently that was enough to freak him out and make him stop . . . but, clearly, there's no stopping this guy :) Luckily, there is still a hint of caution left in his 3 year old body ....well....a little anyway....

Day 330

Took our guests up to Russia River Wine Country on Saturday for some fall wine tasting. I've always just been so amazed at how the vines turn fall colors and happily took some commissioned photographs for one of Keegan's coworkers. How blessed are we to live an hour away from this?!

Day 329

Liam and I had a lovely, restful, quiet day after Thanksgiving as our guests headed into the city and Keegan headed back to work. We stayed in our jammies until 330, had a nap, watched some basketball, and got some serious lego building in. Liam has been making some pretty cool creations lately!

Day 328

Happy Thanksgiving!! We were thankful not to set foot in an airport this Thanksgiving, for friends coming to see us, and for an overall wonderful day. Cooked my second Thanksgiving dinner ever and it was pretty darn good if I do say so myself. Menu: Pomegranate Cocktail and Cheese, Spanish Serrano Ham Olive Plate; Fall Salad with Pears, Oranges, Fennel and Shallot Vinaigrette; Herb Butter Roasted Turkey with Carmelized Onion Gravy, Pancetta Mashed Potatoes, Keegan's famous Sausage Stuffing, Maple Glazed Carrots, and Brunello di Montalcino; Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap crust and Brachetto di Acqui. Yum.

Day 327

Liam had a totally cute Thanksgiving Celebration at his school this afternoon, complete with pilgrims and indians, stone soup created by all these little people, and cornbread. Here you see the kids reaching across the table to shake hands before they dig in. We had a bit of a crisis on our hands before this as for some reason I was all confused and accidentally scheduled an ortho appt. for the morning. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get back in time to pick him up at 12, the school was closing so I couldn't leave him there late, and Keegan had a meeting. In the end, I told him we weren't going to be able to make it. I tried to feel better about this awful scheduling conflict by highlighting the fact that I had been in the classroom all morning the previous day, helping the kids make these cute little hats you see them wearing, but Liam was beside himself nonetheless. Mostly, he was pretty pissed he was going to miss out on the cornbread that he had helped make. I offered to make cornbread with him that afternoon, but it didn't seem to alleviate the sadness. I felt so bad. He was in pitiful, pitiful tears all morning. But somehow, we miraculously drove into the city, managed to find a close parking spot, get in and out of the dr. office in 30 minutes, drive back to the East Bay and make it to his school by exactly 11 am, when the lunch started!! Phew. Liam devoured his cornbread in about 5 minutes, had no interest in the soup, and was ready to go after that! Oh well, I felt so much better that we made it afterall.