still thanking, three days later...

So, now it's Sunday and a lot has happened in the last 5 (or so) days. Since the last post, Ben's mom and her husband, Dave, came to town. We all went to Palmdale on Wednesday, then had our annual Thanksgiving feast on Thursday at Ben's Dads place. All so sweet and delicious. Turkey, pies, cornbread stuffing, homemade cranberry sauce... yes, please. The only not-so-sweet part was that Chloe and I got really, quite sick. Her first and then, inevitably, be from holding and smooching her little face so much. It's kind of irresistible to me. Anyway, that started at the beginning of last week and is just now fading out. coughy and coffee this morning. Anyway, here we are at Sunday, my crossword is here, we came home to a fresh apple pie (I love our neighbors) and I still have so much to be thankful for.

Slow sunday...

Today has been about helping out and hanging out with good friends, as most sundays are. This one began with Uncle Tony and Chloe, Ben and I laughing, eating, sipping lattes. Tony, Chloe and I decided to go visit a friend building an Earth Dome in our old neighborhood. These would be our ideal living situation if given our choice. Upon deciding to go visit Andy and getting in the car, I received a call from a friend in need... She needed some babysitting help, fast! She explained that a friend had dropped a motorcycle and needed to be picked up about an hour away. His girls were there too, so it was actually (counting Chloe) SIX girls (12, 10, 9, 4, 4, and 2) yeah. Turns out, though, that these particular girls are six of the most well behaved of the species. We played, we snacked, we trampolined.

Hi "everybuddy"

Chloë coined this word today... everybuddy! I love it. She used it all day long. We drove about an hour north on the coast to a beautiful butter bean farm of a friends mother and family. Said friend was having the sweetest bridal shower, complete with the most delectable little finger sandwiches. I will find out what was in those and report back. We saw cows and horses and so many other little kids. It was a super sweet way to spend a sunday afternoon.

*update* the little finger sandwiches were:

Chicken, Goat Cheese, Walnuts and Cranberries. That's it. Mix till mixed. Put on best wheat bread. Eat and go to heaven.