There were a lot of us...unfortunately I only have this picture of the back of everyone's head as they were watching the talented musician!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Another Turkey and Kicking Off Christmas
There were a lot of us...unfortunately I only have this picture of the back of everyone's head as they were watching the talented musician!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
A First for Two
Here's another one with Urvesh (he is such a nice guy and great with Talmage).
Dr. Martland enjoyed his first Thanksgiving.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving in Ely
Love the smiles outside...
...and love the smiles inside!
Here are the troups waiting to pray and feast. It was fun to have our American posse together for the holiday. I think there were about 30 people gathered at the Zimmerman's home--it felt like a big family party. I love these people!
Liz had this cute bib for Talmage. It was such a fun first Thanksgiving for him because he could actually enjoy the grub.
Jim, Talmage and Dan Kim. Dan and Jim are in the same program at Cambridge.
Some of us had a little too much fun!
Don't worry, this is Ang with sparkling cider.
The always smily Mr. Mason.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Turkey Bowl
Daddy and Talmage decided to have a turkey bowl of their own tonight.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sicky Eyes...Take 2
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Market Square
There was a grand opening of a toy store in the city center and a woman dressed as a Christmas tree was handing out free balloons. A little random, but we took advantage of it! We tied the balloon to Talmage's arm and he played with it the whole day. Score!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Pumpkin Therapy
Now...on to my post.
I'm pretty sure I was nominated today for "The Worst Mother of the Year Award." Who nominated me, you may ask? My own Mr. Talmage. For some reason I can do no right in his book lately, and today he let the world know how awful I am. We went for a walk around Cambridge and he screamed, and I'm talking top-of-his-lunges-screamed. He was fed. He was changed. He had a binkie and toys. He had a blanket. I offered him a cookie. I gave him juice. I put on more layers of clothing. I took some off. I hugged him and reassured him. AND, he continued to scream. There were two responses from the many people we passed:
- A disgusted look in T's direction. I'm pretty sure they were thinking in their heads, "That is why I will never have children." (Say it in your best British accent!)
- A disgusted look in my direction, while I'm sure thinking in their heads, "Incompetent people like that should never have children. Can't she control him?"
We came home. It didn't help. It was tantrum after tantrum today.
SO...I made pumpkin cupcakes. Pumpkin is my new favorite food (we got a few free pumpkins from Jim's school and I made sure NONE of it went to waste). In the last few weeks we've enjoyed pumpkin garlic soup, curried pumpkin soup, pumpkin pancakes, ooey gooey pumpkin cake, chocolate chip iced pumpkin cookies and today, pumpkin cupcakes. It had been a hard day, and I decided that when Jim got home from school I wanted something positive to report...and let me tell you, those incredibly moist, pumpkiny, sweet cupcakes were just the positive thing I was looking for! I'll call it pumpkin therapy.
And as for that kid, I tried to be a nice Mom and give him a cupcake. I thought it would help us be friends. Not one smile. Not one laugh. He ate the whole thing, but obviously was not that impressed (or at least didn't want me to think otherwise).
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Sicky Eyes
Sunday, November 15, 2009
All American Meal
Today all the American student families in our ward were invited to the Curley's home for an incredible Sunday meal. We ate A TON and had such a fun time.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Thank You to the Little Bird
A sister from the ward delivered all of this food to us tonight. She said she had food storage that would "go bad soon" and a little bird told her that we might enjoy it. That little bird also threw in some food items of her own, and a new toy for Talmage. I was SO thrilled, grateful and humbled to see all the pasta, cereal, beans, vegetable, rice and other delicious, nutritious food. I went through the bag and separated the food into categories, and then I sorted them by meals, and then I took pictures. I felt like a little kid organizing trick-or-treat candy on Halloween!
To that sister whose food interestingly enough isn't "going bad" until late next year, thank you!
And to that little angelic bird, thank you too.
T's Amigos
This is the infamous Dr. Martland!
Talmage showing Dr. Martland his new clapping skills. (T has started mimicking us when we clap. We think it's adorable, but he gets shy whenever we try to show other people. Except for Dr. Martland. When we would clap, he'd look at his friend and clap away!)
Talmage smiling at Dr. Martland.
We have met some incredible people in Cambridge and we're so grateful for their friendships.