Christmas 2010

Here's a present Paul wrapped for me.TJ opens his stocking
Paul gets the "big" Lego set
Paul made this plate for me in school
Amina opens a gift
Poppy opens one. We miss Poppy.
Papa's turn
Coker next
Paul is happy
TJ is a ham
Merry Christmas!

New York

Coker had to go to New Jersey for work, so he went to New York a couple of days early and took me along. We went to the Lego store in Paul's honor. We went to Tiffany's in mine!Central Park - no I didn't ice skate!
It was cold!
Rockefeller Center - still no ice skating. We'd probably still be waiting in line, or "on line" as those New Yorkers say.
We saw Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson on Broadway and walked around Time Square. We ate lunch at Grand Central Station and shopped along 5th. Fast, but fun!

One of the Best Things I Ever Ate

I don't want to forget how to make these. My neighbor, Sheila made them and brought them by with yummy fudge and nuts. But these lovelies are amazing. Take two Ritz crackers, make a PB sandwich and then encase the sandwich in melted semi-sweet chocolate chips. Sheila went one step further and added a drizzle of white chocolate. I don't think there will be any left for Coker when he makes it home on Wednesday. Too bad. I'll save him some of the nuts.

TJ: Paul's Prodigy Student

TJ made up a Christmas song this morning, then asked me to sing it. I tried, but it was really long and by the end, I really didn't remember how it had started. There was something about a guy wanting to put up his Christmas lights and bumping his head. He was disappointed with me, but when I asked him to teach it to me, he had to admit he couldn't remember it either.

He started on a new song and we decided to write it down this time. Part way through, TJ wanted me to write our names on it. I guess I was too slow, so he took the pencil and said he would do it. He wrote the following (I wrote the TJ above mom):

I asked him how he knew how to write my "name." He said he'd watched Paul write it.