Brain Freeze!

Went to Phonecian Deli for dinner Sunday evening.

L loved the bread, liked the hummus. For the first time, complimented cucumbers and tomatoes.

Afterwards we checked out the Gelato selection. L got to try several flavors. We finally ordered a M w dark chocolate- for me, and forest berries- for L and Daddy. With two "spoons" in hand he said "I like forest berries!" We didn't notice how fast he was gulping down the ice cold cream until he wailed, the tip of his nose turning red, and whimpered "owie!". Brain freeze! Lol

We're definitely going back!

Cookies!

L balled up and cut how own sugar cookies! Two stars and a gingerbread man.

When the cookies were done he was so thrilled that he ate 2!

After dinner we also made walnut chocolate chip cookies from scratch.
He squeezed each scoop of dough onto the baking sheet.

A fun day!

A day in the life of Lincoln

Lincoln's first day back at YCP. He ate all of his strawberries, most of the cheese squares, and some of the ham squares. Over an hour of nap.

+ was able easily to match up snowmen's scarves
- ran out of line even after Ms Maria said to get back. Pouted upon correction

We went to Tina's house afterwards and she gave him THREE "shake n go" cars!
McQueen
Professor 2
And another

Lincoln wrote capital L's all on his own today.

He really gnawed on his pork chop bones tonight and asked if he could have more from "under the nong'"

Playing outside

Our first morning outside since Baby Carter. This is after playing basketball and two squares.

We just had a breakfast of waffle and berries and whipped cream and milk. I had to bribe him with basketball to get him to try blueberries for the first time. He liked it and ate three more!

L just "showed" me "how to make a triangle" by putting the ends if his sunglasses together.

Gotta go play!

Lincoln @ Jojo's

Took Lincoln to spend the evening with Co Tuyet and the kids. When I picked him up he was in his flannel striped pj's, hoodie jacket and carrying his "Bolt" doggie. What a sight!

I finally was able to capture him on camera singing Jingle Bells! Very cute.

He's growing so tall and knows so much! O yeah, I called Ms. Maria to see if YCP resumes today; it's teacher inservice but she did say that Lincoln is so fun to talk to because she "can reason with him". She also commented that she loved our Christmas letter.

These are the good days I'm going to miss. Glad I'm documenting!

Nap mat

Some recent activities

YCP aka MDO:
Last Friday I surprised him with a roll-up nap mat. His eyes lit up:
What it it?
A Bed!
A bed?
A bed giong (like) friends. Friend co (have), Lincoln khong co (don't have).

Aw, he must've felt left out because he didn't have a nap mat like the other kids. He has been sleeping in his toddler pillow and (favorite) Winnie the Pooh blanket. Tomorrow will be his first day with it! (He stayed home because of a fever Tuesday.)

LLAMA DRAMA
We read "Llama, Llama Red Pajama" yesterday and so both last night and tonight he's been wailing (like baby Llama) for Mama at bedtime. It's 11:52 and I think he just fell asleep half an hour ago- even tho I tucked him in at 9:30.

Why Does Custom Photography Cost More?

Why Does Custom Photography Cost More?

In my younger days, I modeled for charity caledars, art exhibits, magazine ads, just to be the subject in someone building a portfolio... Then I started scrapbooking- working with photographs after they were taken and developed. Like many, when we had our firstborn we went from the little camera you can fit in your pocket for clubbing to a big full blown Japanese-tourist-style D SLR. Still, I took him to the chain photography studios for pictures and more recently, started to hire custom photographers. Well, Lincoln is 2 and almost 8 months now, and with baby Carter, I'd like to learn how to get better everyday pictures out of my Nikon, and maybe even get some photo-journalistic ones in along the way.

Quoc's friend Viet is stepping into the professional realm and posted this link on his blog. I like.