OMG today little miss Angelina tried to pull herself to standing. Changing. Too. Fast.

Tuesday was her 6 month checkup, which was kind of a joke as she turned 7 months old 2 days later on Thanksgiving. It was intentional, actually. I scheduled it as late as I could, then rescheduled even later when she got a cold, all because I hadn’t yet decided whether or not to get her a flu shot. Minimum age requirement is 6 months. I ended up asking the doctor to skip it this year because she’s still so young. If someone else at daycare comes down with the flu, I’ll keep her home to avoid the germs.

Current stats: 50-something percentile weight, 80-something percentile height, 90-something percentile head size. The doctor asked if I had noticed her slimming down. No, I was too busy kissing her chubby little thighs.

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I’ve finally emerged from my Thanksgiving food coma. We had a wonderful feast at our house Thursday. Everyone contributed a dish or two (or three). I’m very thankful for all the great cooks in my family!

Favorite Thanksgiving food: impossible! I can’t pick one!
Favorite snow activity: skiing
Favorite Christmas song: Jingle Bell Rock
Favorite holiday: I like them all, but I really like the Halloween / Thanksgiving / Christmas triumvirate.
Favorite Christmas movie: I like the Christmas scene in the fifth Harry Potter movie where all the Weasleys toast Harry for saving their father’s life. I also like all the weird knitted things Mrs. Weasley gives each of her seven kids every year. It makes me want to learn how to knit.
Name a Christmas decoration: tree
Favorite thing about the Christmas season: crisp air

Favorite Christmas treat: I’m not usually a big fan of chocolate, but this season makes me crave chocolate.
Favorite pie: pecan
Name a reindeer: Dancer
Name something you wear to go sledding: knit cap
One thing you do on Christmas Eve: put presents under the tree
What month do you start shopping for Christmas? I buy year-round.
Popular Christmas TV special: Charlie Brown Christmas
What other holiday might the Grinch want to steal? Valentine’s Day
Name something given in the 12 days of Christmas song: “Eight maids-a-milking…” This song is so weird.
Another name for Santa Claus: Père Noël
Name something at the North pole: stars
One thing you do on New Years Eve: watch the countdown on TV

PS: Guess what? Alex has a blog!

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I wish someone would write a song like this for Chinese-American immigrants.

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The big news this week is she can sit unsupported! She can also hold her bottle by herself and eat without her tongue pushing food out of her mouth accidentally (as opposed to purposefully ).

Today I got chastised by Ana for letting Angie play with a cardboard box. “It has sharp corners!” Ana said. “It might stab her!” That wasn’t true, but I thanked Ana for keeping a close watch for potential danger. Alex regularly does the same. I feel fortunate that Angie’s big brother and big sister look out for her.

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I love Gmail’s new themes. This one called Terminal reminds me of the bad old days of playing games in the computer lab at school. It also looks a little Matrix-ish. Our long-time readers might remember a version of Juvin.com designed in this style. One of you commented it was hard to read I agree. After about a minute of using this theme in my Gmail I changed to something white and much more readable.

I found this article about a food columnist with an abysmal kitchen very entertaining. Back when we moved from apartment to apartment, our kitchens were even smaller than his 7×8 space, and I complained endlessly about them, but I cooked a lot! At one point I was making pizza regularly, from the dough on up, and this was before I got my KitchenAid mixer. I stopped cooking so much after Alex was born. Ironically we bought this house soon after that. By the way, we’re almost done with our kitchen remodel. It will definitely be finished by Thanksgiving. I’m so excited!

I just sent Kevin this interview with Will Wright, creator of SimCity, The Sims, and Spore, which the kids have been playing non-stop. Quiz time: which of the following things does Kevin have in common with Will Wright? 1) enjoys reading about stuff more than actually buying them, 2) buys Russian-y gadgets from people named Alexei, or 3) likes to play with power tools? If you answered all of the above, you are correct!

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