Willie
and Teddy's Excellent Adventure
This week was mostly still about Chanuka, but alas, it is now over so there is no joy in Mudville. Well, okay, there is some joy. Like on shabbos when we got a call right before candle lighting and it was a guy that said he had an envelope for us at his house, and it would make us very happy. So papa went over there (mommy thought it was a scam) to get the supposed envelope and lo and behold, it was true--it was a mis-delivered chanukah present. We declared a 9th night of chanukah in celebration and lit one candle (plus the shammes) and opened the present and we were all happy. Then it was shabbos and we were sad again cuz of those parental blessings and stuff, but then we were happy again because it was after dinner and we got to play with the new bin of legos--you'll see some pix below. Anyway, as the romans would say, we came, we got presents, we wrote thank you notes, or something like that.
We had dentist appointments which means more land puffers, and a new first--Dr. Nigrelle actually said that we had no plaque on our teeth and he didn't chasten papa at all about how he brushes us. Okay, truth be told, he told papa to be a little more agressive with the stimudent on me (willie) on my top teeth, but all of teddy's teeth and the rest of my teeth were perfect--at least the ones that are not falling out, which seems like more and more each day.
Willie was doing Math for what seemed like all weekend. Really he was catching up on stuff and sneaking off to play with legos, and doing more catching up, and more sneaking off, but finally everything got done, until the next time.
Teddy has some kind of fever that came on suddenly but he ate 2 servings of jello, had aspirin and tea and a bath and he'll sleep it off tomorrow. Get better soon!
LATKES!!!! We got to have them three times, and Sty Fries once. Sty Fries are when papa makes latke batter and deep fries them in puffy oval shapes. He says they're like potato fritters but we just call them sty fries.
One of the problems with Chanukah is that it is long enough that you get used to doing it every night, and then you just want it to go on and on and on.
And on and on and on and on...
And never end. Did we mention go on and on?
Okay, they get the point. Lots of candles. On and on. Now get to the important part!
More presents! If you haven't gotten your thank you notes yet, they're on the way, maybe.
Like my new hat? I wish I had a 3 foot high pointy head so I could fill it up right.
Hey, my new balaclava is defective! Send it back.
More like send my brother back. Hee hee. [I heard you, you little rascal]
One of the nights the parental units gave us this bin FULL of lego parts. All kinds of random stuff. So far we've pulled 150 lego guys out of it, and all kinds of cool specialized parts.
This is the lego battle crusier and crew. It is commanded by a captain, who is a droid! You can kind of see him up high on the right with the blue captain hat.
This is a Wetu (wee-too) which is a kind of winter house for the Wampanoag people, where they can tell stories and stuff in the winter to entertain themselves and keep warm. We (teddy's class) just learned all about the Wampanoags this past fall, and even had a visit in our class from Squanto.
Here you see the Wampanoag grandfather (with his hand raised) telling a story to his family around the fire.
Do you like my pencil thin mustache? I wanted to keep it but that papa guy wiped it off during tooth brushing. Bad papa, no donut.
More of those specialized parts we were talking about. They really have kept us busy for the better part of the past four days, with no end in sight.
BEHOLD! A pot to _ _ _ _ in!
And a shower to shower in? Sorry about the contrast, or lack thereof. It's all that white tile and white grout. The sealer went on today so that means in 72 hours it's SHOWER TIME! Whoops, no--the floor hasn't been sealed yet so 72 hours from tomorrow, or whenever it gets sealed, oy, I give up.
Here's the detail of the shower curb where it meets the wall and transitions to the floor and stuff.
Theoretically when the window is completely obscured the bathroom better be done because there won't be any more room for coke cans. The last of the lights went in today so that means we're ready for the electrical inspection. Now if papa would ever finish cleaning those little tiles, we could do the plumbing inspection and be done with this project already!
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