Tiny mouse

I had a request from Parker's Aunt Paula to show the tiny mouse that Parker uses. She can use the big one too, but it's my work mouse and it has a bunch of side buttons that are programmed and that causes her problems sometimes. She can work the tiny one just fine, drag and drop and even scroll. Her favorite sites right now are www.northpole.com and the Hasbro website.
Excuse the grubby mouse pad area, we've had some spills. She has requested a pink mouse and a pink keyboard for Christmas, and hopefully Bob will help Santa find that, along with a computer for her so we don't have to share any more.

Thanksgiving dinner

For Thanksgiving this year, we stayed in Dallas and tried to maximize our time at home to rest and relax. For the Thanksgiving meal, we were invited across the street and had a traditional southern meal (all the normal stuff, plus collard greens and hotwater cornbread) that my neighbor cooked. It was very nice, and Parker had a blast playing with her friends.
The day after, Bob smoked a turkey breast in his smoker, and it was really good! We made our own traditional meal of turkey, dressing and potatoes and apple pie. Parker had Ramen noodles eaten with chopsticks.

New Tree

We got a new tree! We needed something to replace the one that fell this summer to prevent our shade garden from baking in the afternoon sun. We chose an Autumn Blaze Maple, like we have in the front yard. It gets very pretty red and orange leaves in the fall.

BEFORE:
This is Bob out pre-digging the hole for the tree planters


(acutally, he wanted to make sure they didn't hit a sprinkler line, but it's funnier to act like he couldn't wait for the planters to get here)

AFTER:

It's kind of hard to see and to tell the scale, but it's a nice sized tree. The best part is that the nursery planted it for us, and it has a one year guarantee.

While we waited for the planters to get here, we debated whether or not it would rain. Parker braced for the weather with her new rain coat and kitty boots. She asks me everyday if it's going to rain, and she's had her coat and boots hanging on her chair since she got the rain coat.

Bob did more work on the bathroom. He's sealing the grout here. He also stained and restained the trim, and will probably install it in a day or two. We cannot wait to have this bathroom functional again!