Frankie's been having a rough go of things, but that's life with her - ebbs and flows. I just don't understand how teenagers can make such utterly stupid decisions! It's like they hit puberty and their ability to be reasonable exits the building. Hopefully the nearness of Christmas will help her be a little more on the nice side and less on the playing with fire side.
Adam is our sweetheart - he just has the gentlest, kindest personality. Yesterday, totally out of the blue he turned to Frankie and said "Sis, I just want you to know that I would die for you if it would save your life." Where does he come up with this stuff? He constantly amazes me. Today, he was referring to a tv show he likes - Phineas and Ferb. He was asking me if the secret agent character on it (Perry the Platypus) has a good heart. I said "I guess so." He responded with "Well, he must have a good heart because he loves his nemesis. I mean, how many nemesises (sic) love their nemesis?" He loves the Mr. Men shows, and he's returned to loving Scooby Doo. He sings the "What's new Scooby Doo" theme song far more often than I care to hear it, but I'm very grateful he's not into violent cartoons. I will take what I can get!
Thomas is our busy boy - into everything! He's so playful and curious. He walks several steps (with assistance) but seems pretty content to crawl most of the time. I can't blame him - he's a very fast crawler, and he has places to explore! He calls Michael "dee dee" and me "mamamamama" and Adam "Adee." He doesn't really have a name for Frankie yet, but he lights up every time he sees her. He can nod his head in the affirmative and understands "no no and night night." He's actually understood "no no" for quite awhile now but has never really liked hearing it.
And baby boy Max is quite a kicker. Not that there's much else to do in there, but so far I'm predicting another Thomas. I have to admit, I'm still a little sad that I'll never have a baby girl, but I'm extraordinarily grateful that I'll never have another teenage girl!
That's about it for now, except for the what's for dinner part. So, I leave you with our November dinner calendar. I didn't include our Thanksgiving menu, but for what it's worth, I tend to prefer fairly traditional Thanksgiving foods.
Here's the Thanksgiving menu:
Sausage stuffed mushrooms
Relish tray
Roast Turkey (seasoned only with butter) with turkey gravy
Mashed potatoes
Traditional bread stuffing with Craisins
Cranberry Sauce
Sweet Potato Puree with pecan crumble and/or marshmallow brulee
Brussel sprouts with bacon & caramelized onion
Glazed carrots
Yeast rolls with orange honey butter
Pumpkin pie
Pecan pie
I hate that green bean glop, so that stuff doesn't make it to our table. I do however, prefer that jelled canned cranberry stuff. Go figure. My father thinks that Thanksgiving is not complete without Lasagna, but I prefer Lasagna at Christmas.
As for the rest of the month, here you go. Feel free as always to email me for recipes.
Until next time...
