Our New Family Member

We have a lot of posts to catch up on. It's been a busy holiday season!

Before we get to the Thanksgiving and Christmas madness, I wanted to introduce our new family member: Oberon the cat.



He's named after the moon of Uranus, which is named after the mythical fairy king. Most of you may remember the name from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

So how did this come about? Well, Kyra started talking about getting another cat, and then one day said, "Why don't we go to the shelter to visit the animals - you know, just for something to do?" Right. I knew then that we were going to get another cat.

Oberon is a feisty little cat, and we're still trying to get him and Mars to get along. So for most of the time the two are segregated. They get to play once in a while to get used to each other. Otherwise, he likes to snuggle, and just like any other kitten, has a lot of energy.

Welcome Oberon!

123Magic

Today, Luca tried to use 123 Magic on Kyra by putting her on 1. For those of you not familiar with 123 Magic, it's a great way to get kids to stop misbehaving. Each number is a warning, and when they get to 3 there is ALWAYS a consequence.

At any rate, here's what Luca's attempt to use 123 Magic looked like:

luca@home: ~$ 123magic mama 1
Sorry, user luca is not allowed to execute '/usr/bin/123magic' as parent on home.

For those of you who do not use Linux, I apologize. Actually, I apologize to everyone for the joke. It's just bad.

Autumn Events in 2011

We've had quite a busy autumn! First, there was Luca's 3rd birthday, then apple picking, Halloween, a celebration of my first date with Kyra, and finally Thanksgiving at Dan's with our friends.

Here's a slide show and highlights:

Autumn 2011



Dan and Carla, LP and Nick on the Hay Ride


Baba and Luca on the Hay Ride


Luca and the Birthday Cake, with a Tractor!


Apple Picking


Apple Eatin'


Ready for a Date!


A Turkey at Dan's (wait, which one?!)

We still have more Thanksgiving parties to attend this week, so there might be more photos to post.

Kyra insists that we put up the Christmas tree next weekend after Thanksgiving. I'm not sure I have the stomach for it, especially before my birthday! I'm already reeling from the Christmas music at the mall... Sheesh! If Thanksgiving hasn't passed yet, it's too early!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! May you be warm and have lots of good food!

A big thank-you to Cassie, Mike, and Zea at Primrose Community Farm, who share their wonderful farm food with us during the year. We enjoyed the potatoes, mashed, for our Thanksgiving party!

New Journal Photo for 2011

Check out our new journal photo! We just got family pictures again this month, and here are two of the new ones:





I'll upload some more in the next few days, especially the comical ones of Luca!

Bad Pun

Yesterday I uttered a ban pun, and in response to Kyra's reaction, instead of saying "All in good fun," I said, "All in bad fun," but then immediately corrected myself and said, "That is, 'All in bad pun'". And now the world has a new bad pun to use in response to bad puns. You're welcome.