Thanksgiving

Yes I know it's almost Christmas, however, my darling little munchkin seems to think that when I sit down to work on the computer she needs to be in my lap. This is o.k. for checking email and general web browsing but it does make blogging difficult. Anyways Thanksgiving was great for us. We were planning to spend it quietly at home when my parents and my brother Daniel surprised us with a visit at the last minuet. They got here Wednesday around noon and after a lunch of sandwiches we decided to head for the zoo. Of all the options that San Antonio has to offer I wanted to do the zoo since Daniel hadn't been before. We had a great time since the weather was great, the zoo wasn't to busy and the animals were very cooperative and around for us to see.  We also kept losing Daniel and Jack, someone had to see everything. Thanksgiving mom did most of the dinner preparation as I had over done it a bit the day before. The boys sat down and played several rounds of Dominion and Liza had a grand time with the extra people and attention.  Friday we did a little shopping, played a few more games, and enjoyed leftovers. In the evening we made gingerbread houses. Dad engineered a bridged while mom made a more traditional house. Jack was more classical in  his undertaking while Daniel was creative and went for something more original. A great visit, even if it was short.

Into Everything

Eliza keeps me busy. Her favorite activity seems to be finding everything that there is to get into in the particular room I'm working in. The kitchen has turned out to  be a gold mine.  I had already childproofed the obvious cupboards that I didn't want her getting into, the one under the sink with the dishsoap and other cleaning supplies, the one with all of my glass pans, and the one with the crock pot, stock pot, and cast iron skillet.  I purposely left others open so she would have venues to explore. Up until recently Liza was content to get into the tubberware and the lighter pots and pans.

However when grandparents came for Thanksgiving she decided to up the annie and break new ground.

Also no longer content with emptying the cupboards she now has to get in them.

She went through everything; paper cups, napkins, plasticware, and two boxes of trash bags. After putting Her to bed my mom was kind enough to put everything back and to close all of the paper product bags shut with rubber bands and twist ties. I eventually went through things and compressed two cupboards into one. Now has her own cupboard to climb into without having to empty it first.  Also the cupboard pictured above is now off limits.