Friday Dec 4
Bama came today with her friend Denise. They were going to see Oliver Twist at the PICT in Oakland, but they came out early to see A and D sing in the Christmas concert for daycare. They got to come home with Bam and take a nap :) A decided he wanted to party though, so he showed Bam and Denise all his toys.
When I came home from school we took them on a mini-Oakland adventure. We went to Schenley overlook, which was a little lame because the sun was setting and it was really bright. It was hard to see downtown without being blinded.
Next we went to the Carnegie Library and showed them the secret view of the dinosaurs and the childrens room. A birthday cake biscotti with sprinkles helped us make it to the Cathedral where we went all the way to 36 to see what we could see. The tree lights in Schenley Plaza were on, and we saw them from above. When Bam and Denise went out for dinner we went to LuLu's. On the way back to the car we went the long way, stopping at the nativity at St Paul's, the Carnegie Institute where they had GIANT pillars to weave in and out of, ending with a run through the Cathedral Lawn. We rolled down all the hills from 5th to Forbes in the dark. After awhile, Attison declared that he was "out of steam" and we had to go. Since Da parked at the library we went to show the buddies the "Steam Works" in Panther Hollow. They were amazed. We heard a train, but didn't see it. Hopefully this week we can make it out to see some more Christmas lights :)
Saturday Dec 5
Today we watched some shows while Da prayed at the Open Hand House on N Beatty Street.
Then we picked up Radejio and August from Lawrenceville and took them to Home Depot to build a project. August and Attison talked about trains and sang the ABC's in the back seat of the truck. It may have been the world's cutest moment of 2 pre-schoolers becoming friends.
We made crafts. Attison painted everything with gobs of paint and August was very meticulous in painting his the appropriate colors :)
We came home and Da and Dennis had pancakes, bacon and apples for us. We talked and laughed and played with toys. We shared stories and trains until we had to take our friends home.
A long nap for the boys and a chat with Aunt Sarah about her baby that is on the way. Sara Sandrian surprised us for dinner, especially because she is in the middle of the Peace Corps in Zambia. Katy stopped in too and we had to make more spaghetti for dinner because we ran out of stuffed shells!
Dennis got a kitchen sink bath and a haircut. While he was naked at the table eating spaghetti the door bell rang and we had real live carolers! Garrett and Kendra brought some friends to sing us some carols. It was so beautiful I cried. What a wonderful surprise :)
I talked to Michael for a bit while the boys watched a movie and then we played with toys late into the night.
