Susie's Leaning Tower of Chocolate for 2009 November 9

Mon Nov 09 2009 13:41: John went to work today - into the office for the first time in a month. I am ready to find the new normal.

We had a nice visit with Leonard and Sumana. We had Early Thanksgiving (recipes here, here and here), and I didn't cook a thing.

Maggie really loved playing with her Uncle "Wenard" and Aunt Sumana. She was quick to notice that Sumana was "brown" (Maggie is "pink", she says).

(2) Mon Nov 09 2009 13:43 Halloween Lullaby: Rachel wrote this lullaby for Dalton. Supposedly it has "a lot" of verses, but this was all I heard.

Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
Charlie Brown
Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
Linus
Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
Peppermint Patty
Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
Lucy

Little boy wondering what to be, what to be
Little boy Halloween
Little boy wondering what to be, Linus
Little boy trick-or-treat

Maggie also loved the song - beeping and Peanuts, what's not to love?

(1) Mon Nov 09 2009 13:55 Chadwick Family Funnies: Maggie silliness upload.

Ghostie store = grocery store. She wasn't saying it wrong, she really thought I called it the ghostie store.

Just a minute, it's my turn!

Maggie: I'm bowling.
Me: Oh, are you winning?
Maggie: No, I'm bowling.

Dalton got a Winnie-the-Pooh book as a gift from the Relief Society. I made the mistake of reading it to Maggie word for word. On the Winter page, there is a picture of a sled. Piglet says "Pooh, I have a puzzle for you - a poozle." The next day Maggie was flipping through the book looking for the "poozle" - apparently that's what a sled is really called.

Maggie knows a lot of Primary songs and goes around singing them. It's awfully cute. John was a little confused one day on the way to church when she was singing "going to nursery to feel the Holy Spirit", a phrase she picked up from "I Love to See the Temple."

I've also heard her say "one two three four five six seven eight nine ten name of Jesus Christ Amen."

Also, Sumana was singing to Dalton "Go to sleep, go to sleep, or we'll sell you on eBay" when I complained, "eBay sucks. We could sell him on Etsy, he's handmade."