Happy Thanksgiving!

A new cute picture of my favorite boys.



Today was our (mine and Robert's) third Thanksgiving as a married couple... today was also our (mine, Robert's and Kyle's) second Thanksgiving as a family. It was a really laid back and delicious day!

This morning we met for breakfast at my Abuelita's house. We being my parents, my brother, Robert, Kyle, me, and of course, Abuelita. My dad made swiss cheese and ham panini's and the coffee flowed. It was a great way to begin the holiday! At 3pm we headed over to my Aunt Lupe's and Uncle Tim's house for dinner. They made a tradional Thanksgiving feast and it was so very good! And Robert and I commented how we just ate a little of everything, it was delicious and we didn't leave feeling stuffed. We just felt so content. Since I started getting sick (allergies probably) today, we left a little early but came home and watched a movie together with some apple pie.

On another note, I have a job interview this coming Tuesday morning! It is for the City of Menlo Park Police Department and I am interviewing for the position of Police Records Officer. It is just another name for exactly what I did before for HMB PD. I was a Records Clerk II at HMBPD. So, if I get the job, I will be an officer, not just a clerk. Menlo Park is a really nice, small city that neighbors Palo Alto, where Stanford U is, and Menlo Park also houses my favorite book store in the entire world: Kepler's Books. I can spend hours in that store... and have! In other words, it could be dangerous for me to get the job b/c I will be spending a lot of money on books! But luckily, the Menlo Park Library is right next to the PD so I will save money on books. It's just a win-win, really. If I don't get the job, that means I get to spend my time with Kyle, which is pretty great, also. It really is a win-win situation.

I have been doing a LOT of crocheting lately. I go through phases with my yarn crafts... it was all about knitting until I learned to make slouchy, crocheted berets and I can't get enough. I keep thinking of new ways to make them; different little accents, such as popcorn stitches so they have little bubbles coming out every so often (much cuter than it sounds), bobble stitches every so often (make little bumps) and just plain berets. I also learned to crochet birds (from my Happy Hooker book!) and I sew a button on it for an eye, which is fun bc I get to search through my huge tin of buttons for the perfect one. I found a great yarn by Caron called Caron Country. It is a merino wool blend and it's so soft! Especially compared with the normal acrylic yarns that can be a little stiff. And the colors are gorgeous and satiny-looking. It's a little more expensive than some of the other yarns at Joann's but WAY cheaper than going to Fengari on Main Street! I think I am going to go to Joann's and Michael's tomorrow in case they have some major yarn sales.

Hope you all had a beautiful Thanksgiving!

PS We found the digital camera! It was at Tim and Lupe's the whole time! Woo hoo!

Kyle and Elena at the kid's table! My mom knit his vest! It was so cute and he looked like a little man!

kyle and mommy photo shoot

We lost our digital camera and will be hopefully getting one before Xmas, but for now, we can only use our computer's camera!

Halloween and good times

We had a great Halloween weekend. Friday night we went to Debbie and Kit's Wig Party. I really don't like wigs (I know-I'm no fun) so I decided to go as an Indian (American, that is). I got the idea from Melissa's blog and thought it would be fun and, since Robert and I are saving up our pennies these days, an inexpensive costume.

I crocheted my headband out of a rust colored, satiny yarn and I made the feather out of cardboard that I drew on with marker pens. Then I flat-ironed my hair and layered on the necklaces. Robert decided to wear one of his old Navy uniforms since they totally fit again (he's lost about 14 pounds since he started the Academy!)

On Halloween night, we took Kyle trick-or-treating in Debbie and Kit's neighborhood, just off of Main Street. He wore my brother's old Papa Bear costume that my mom made for him when he was a little one. It was a tad too big for Kyle but he looked so cute! Especially with his little black nose!

We only went to three houses and then he got way tired and we had to go home. He fell asleep on the way home, which was just a five minute drive.

This is Kyle and Elena at the Pumpkin Festival this year. She was a flamingo. Her mommy, my cousin Erika, made her costume. She got 2nd place!

Here are some other cute pics that we've taken lately::

The other night was a cold one that needed some hot chocolate to make it complete. I used Ghiradellhi Cocoa powder, sugar, cinnamon, and Lactaid in a pot on the stove and made it nice and hot! I finally got to use the cute teacup/coffee cups that Natalie got me at Anthropologie. I love 'em!

Kyle is really into sunglasses right now. He looks really good in them, too! It's not just, "Oh, look at how cute that little boy looks in those sunglasses~" It's more like, "Wow, those sunglasses look really good on that little boy!" Seriously. He just has a face for sunglasses!

And this is just a fun one I took of us with the camera on our Mac. I love him :-)

Right now, I am still looking for jobs but I am enjoying just getting the chance to stay home with Kyle. Sometimes, I really miss working and getting out of the house everyday with a purpose. These days, I do still have a purpose, and I do get out of the house to run errands and visit with people. And I get to work on my drawings, paintings, and yarn projects. Right now, I am crocheting a blanket with some of my extra yarn. It's turning out so great that I get excited to work on it everyday. I will post some pictures of it soon.

Happy Monday!