Thanksgiving 2010

This year Thanksgiving week was a non-stop party. We're talking one birthday (Scott), two baby showers (Nicolle), two Thanksgivings, and hundreds of miles of driving up and down the state. We gorged ourselves at restaurants (thumbs up for Hernandez's Hideaway, thumbs down for Mimi's Cafe), and had a great time hanging out as a family. Nicolle and David were over from England, and it is hard to believe that the next time I see them, they'll have a baby girl!

Max and Henry did a great job with all of the events and location changes. They were their typical entertaining selves. Max's best comment of the week was when he saw a large cross outside of a church and exclaimed, "Wow! Look at that glowing sword!". Henry, whose vocabulary is exploding, fell off of a chair and announced, "I fell down and hurt my schnoz!" I guess this goes to show that they're both growing into good Jewish boys!

We're all a bit tired from the constant revelry, but true party animals never sleep. Hanukkah starts tomorrow. We're breaking out the dreidels and menorahs around here, so keep your eyes peeled for updates and photos coming soon.

Thanks for the cute outfits, Mona Mona!

Kicking back before Thanksgiving feast #1 in Valencia

Great Grandma Sophie

A Bun in the Oven

Family Baby Shower at Cousin Kelly's House

3 1/2 LaLone Ladies!

Halloween 2010

Halloween is VERY big in Alameda. We're talking a week's worth of community festivities as a lead-in and then bus loads of kids trucked in from Oakland and elsewhere for the actual trick-or-treating (This is not an exaggeration. There were THOUSANDS of kids thronging the East End where we live). My mom was able to come up for the whole week this year since she is a recent retiree. A great time was had by all, and once again, we ended up with no surplus candy because the boys love handing it out even more than bringing it in. YES!

Henry "I'm a hungry shark not a nice shark" Gerber

The parade at Henry's Play Place class

The whole Play Place crew

Max's preschool class performed some Halloween songs and poems

Carving our pumpkin at the Goddard's Halloween party

A pumpkin with his pumpkin

Max and Mick up to no good

No bones (or trucks) were broken in the taking of this picture

Too much sugar?

Trick-or-Treating with the neighbors

Spiderman Max and his sidekick Henry the Shark

Papa Ron meets a fellow Trojan

A giant spider rigged on a pulley system

The boys and their grandparents (we missed you, Mona Mona!)