Birthday Celebrations and more!

Hmm, what's that sticking out of that paper?

Let me at it. I'll find out!

A Sock Monkey! I love monkeys! This is the best birthday ever. I also love my new cupcake oven (already baked up a batch of chocolate ones, complete with sprinkles) and my tabletop soccer set.

Did I mention that I really love my Sock Monkey? Here we are at Red Robin for my birthday lunch!

A bunch of folk sang Happy Birthday and then gave me balloons and an ice cream sundae. Okay, I love the monkey, but it's not getting any ice cream! Mom took me shopping to spend my birthday money. Thanks Nana and Auntie Doreen and Uncle Mel. I got a book, stickers, a new wallet, pajamas, a fuzzy hat, and more. Birthdays so ROCK!

Alexander also had a birthday over the past couple of weeks. Being a teenage boy, he declined to be interviewed about it, preferring to bury his nose in a) a book, b) a video game, c) the computer, or d) all of the preceding.

The farm box arriveth. This one had lettuce (salad for lunch tomorrow), eggplant (curried rounds on Saturday), spinach (used in the pesto tonight!),avocados, oranges, carrots, sunchokes, cucumber, mushrooms, tomatoes, tangelos, pomegranate, Meyer lemons, and apples.

And now that all the birthdays are done, we went out for our holiday tree, garlands, holly, and mistletoe today. Tomorrow, we start the decorating! (Hear David groan!)