Auditions, activities, events, and parties!

Paul did the school runs a few times this week while I was sick with a bad cough.

Alice babysat Saturday afternoon while we were on a date. She took some pics:)

Alice at her friend party last night. These are the nice girls. The mean girls were in the other room:(

Weird Santa Charles.

Brothers playing in the snow!

Alice did a fishtail braid on me.

Sad partners after a debate loss. Also, now firmly in the friend zone!

Warm pho on a cold day.

This kid is living the dream. When Mommy was sick, he got to eat Burger King on the couch while watching youtube!

Toby time with Grace.

My new Christmas acquisitions this year: a ceramic light-up tree and a platter:)

Toby time with Daddy.

Huh?

I made a yummy Thai coconut curry one night when I was craving warm real food.

Toby playing with his bathrobe belt.

All ready for their auditions! 

Not happy with hers:(

Off to Wal-Mart to buy stuff for the food pantry.

Time to cut out sugar cookies!

All ready for our date.

Awesome Filipino food! Menudo, adobo, pork BBQ, lumpia, and she even added a fried egg!

Elephant mango.

Star margarine (from the Fruitcake song).

Duck heads.

Paul has actually tried balut: a duck egg with a half-fertilized duck in it. Crunchy and gag-inducing.

My cuddle buddy after an extremely short nap.

Making cookies earlier in the week.

She talked him through the whole thing!

First Presidency Christmas devotional.

Toby has been into kinetic sand this week. 

Paul set up a tent for him in the living room.

Pho for a sore throat - so soothing!

Grace's dinner I prepped for her to eat on the car ride between work and YW. It was a back-to-back day.

This guy.

Meeting about the school musical.

"I made Minecraft!"

Ticket to Ride.

Matching Harry Potter pjs.

Donating to the food pantry.

Sugar cookies.

After all the delicious food we got at the Filipino restaurant, the owner came by our table with a small plate of Filipino spaghetti. It's not on the menu, she just had some in the back and wanted to share with us. Unfortunately, Paul and I consider it one of the worst Filipino foods ever. The sauce is actual ketchup, and there are always chunks of red hot dogs in it. We each choked down a bite or two, then threw it away when she wasn't looking. Nice of her though!

Giant apple with Chinese characters on it. Fun store!