So every night now Caleb wants me to tell him stories. When I'm done he'll say, "one more," and I always give in. The he says, "last one" and I tell him I already did the last one and he says, "that was 'one more' I want the 'last one.'" Too funny. Now he's also taken to wanting to know what's going on after he goes to bed. He stands in his crib and calls out, "What's going on?" "I want to see what's going on out there!" He is so funny. He's also asking people what they want for Christmas. My dad said he wanted a remote control car and Caleb doesn't know exactly what it is but he keeps talking about it and pretending to have one, but from how he pretends I think he thinks it's more like a garage door opener or something. I think we'll watch something on you tube with remote control cars or something.

I got his hair cut and told the guy I wanted it shorter so it would be a good length around Christmas when we take all the pictures. Only then I realized that I really only wanted the hair around the ears and neck short and those get cut short anyway. But it was too late. The clippers had already done their damage. He now has a butch. I really don't like it and it will probably take a couple months before the hair on the top of his head is long enough to not look buzzed. Oh, well. I don't have a camera anyway.

Speaking of camera's if I had a working one there was the cutest picture the other day (actually I see them all the time...). I gave Annika her first toothbrush and she loved it. She and Caleb were sitting on the bed together in their pajamas brushing their teeth. It was so cute.

Annika has learned to wave and to vigorously shake her head back and forth. She thinks it's hilarious. She is so funny. She loves to laugh and make others laugh. I was wearing a hat the other day and she kept putting her head up while I was holding her then swinging her face in towards my face under the brim of the hat. She thought it was such a clever game. It was so cute.

Good Recipe

Spiral pasta with roasted pumpkin and plum tomatoes

6 cups peeled and cubed sugar pumpkin or butternut squash (this took the longest--we just used a pumpkin out of the garden)
2 med yellow onions thinly sliced
2 1/2 T olive oil, divided
1/2 t salt
1/2 t black pepper
4 plum tomatoes (we just used what we had--I think it was cherry at the time)
1/3 c fresh sage or 1 T dried sage
12 oz whole grain spiral pasta
1/4 c Parmesan cheese

Heat oven to 450 F. Position a rack in the lower third of the oven.
On rimmed baking sheet, toss the pumpkin with the onions and 1 1/2 T oil. Season with salt and pepper. Spread the pumpkin in an even layer and roast until the vegetables are beginning to brown, about 10 minutes longer.
Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook pasta according to directions. Drain and toss with remaining T of oil. Add the roasted vetables and toss gently to combine.
Season with addtitional salt and pepper, if desired, and serve sprinkled with cheese.

This was way good. My mom clipped it out of the Salt Lake Tribune and one of the times Andy came down we made it for dinner.

Grandad's pictures of 2009

Since I don't have a working camera I finally got some of Dad's on my computer and thought I should post them.