The Land of Several Lakes

  Yesterday morning, we woke up to find that our yard had grown a few more lakes.  Not only did we have Lake Dylan (completely normal) – we had Avery Canal, Milly Pond, Trishy Lagoon and Eric Reservoir.  It was definitely the most water we had ever see in our yard.  Ever.  I think Eric said we got 4 inches of rain? 

Avery Canal is over to the left.  Milly pond is up by the beach.  Lake Dylan is that big lake in the middle.  Don’t confuse that one with Lake Sullivan.   Eric Reservoir is up by the swingset.

Even the Winerchesky’s got a new body of water in their yard! After we oooh and ahhhed at the water outside, we had to make up the pumpkin seeds!

Would you believe that Avery was mad at me because I vacuumed up the crumbs of the brownie she was eating.  Yeah, she wanted to eat them off the floor.  I swear, I think I’m going to start putting her food on the floor because it appears that’s the surface she prefers to eat it from.   

While the seeds were baking, Dylan insisted that I “take our picture!!!!!”  He’s really been into pictures lately – as if you hadn’t noticed!

Here they are.  I didn’t like them.  Dylan thought they were okay.  Avery is a fan. Thi

s picture cracks me up.  He knows she’s mad, but continues to antagonize her.  Story of my life, lately.

And here is what we woke up to this morning.  Snow.  And no power.  Yeah, lights went out at 8:30pm and didn’t come back on until 6:30am.  And then went out AGAIN this morning for a couple hours.  That was one hefty wind, I tell you!

More pictures!  Surprise, surprise!

And dinner tonight was this:

These are Korean Meatballs from Cooking Light’s October 2010 issue.  They were okay.  Kind of a bitch to make because handling raw chicken is not my most favorite thing to do and forming them into balls was tricky because they were so sticky.  Hey – I’m rhymin’!  We had orzo with pine nuts and garlic as a side along with steamed broccoli.  All in all, a solid meal.    

And lets not forget about a brownie for dessert!

Goodnight!