Things we Eat

For breakfast yesterday we had "green eggs." I got the recipe from Jessica Seinfeld's book "Deceptively Delicious." And it is good. You make it by adding pureed spinach to your eggs. Yum. Both guys loved it. James could not get enough. Today for lunch I'm going to try "pink pancakes." You make this by adding beets. I'm skeptical, but willing.

On a side note, for a treat Jesse bought us a coconut. I've never had a coconut, but it was fun to watch and pretty good. First, he carved holes in it and drained the juice. Then he cracked it open with a hammer. Then we ate the insides which taste very much like a nut.

Saying Good-Bye

It caught me by surprise that I was at the verge of tears saying goodbye to Tim and Jo Ellen. Goodbye's are getting hard for James too. He does not like that word. One more picture of the 3 of them - until next year. I was thinking today that it was 4 years ago that I went to China and met Jo Ellen - only 8 months old and crawling. So much has changed in both of our lives. It was after that summer that I met Jesse. And it was only a year ago that Jo Jo lost her mom. It makes you think about what the future will hold. We were excited to learn that Tim plans to move back to the States with Jo Ellen sometime in the next 5 years.

First Camp Fire

We were super excited to have our first real camp fire and to share it with my family. My mom found chocolate marshmallows. They don't look appetizing, but they really are. Of course we kicked them out at James' bed time. There has been so much "family fun" lately that he's getting run down. Also, James is usually pretty good about sharing his toys, but he wasn't enthusiastic about sharing his car.

Cousins

James' cousin Jo Ellen is visiting from China. He's never met her before, but they hit it off. It will be too soon that she leaves and too long (probably a year) until we see her again.

My dad (Opa) and I took the three of them to the zoo. Notice how tired my dad looks. He was the hit of the show. It was an exhausting day. At one point he had all three of kids on his lap.