Back to school/work for the Motts

Last week Nick had pneumonia, and I had bronchitis.

We go to bed for a week and all the sudden... BAM!

Fall is here!

Stupid asthma, random pics

Nick and i are both feeling pretty crappy. Lying in my bed, sniffling coughing and wheezing. Stupid asthma.

And now for something completely different:

Date Night

Grandma JM wrapped up her visit by babysitting for us so Tom and I could go out for dinner. We of course went out for sushi. We have a favorite place here now where for just under 60$, including tip, we can have all you can eat sushi that is actually awesome.

Tonight we tried several new rolls. I've kept track of the things we've tried and what we thought of each.

Top to bottom: Tropical spice roll, Orchard roll, Sea angel roll

Left to right: VA beach roll, Pacific roll

Left to right: Hawaiian roll, Orchard roll, Spicy tuna

After dinner tonight we could hardly move. We headed to the grocery store and sat in traffic for a good long time.

We are exciting people, let me tell you!

My notes, you know, for posterity and stuff:

Rolls:
Orchard roll- best one!
Volcano roll- fried (yummmy)
King roll- eel on top (good)
Dynamite roll- crunchies(good)
Christmas roll- red/green eggs on top(meh)
Crazy monkey roll- banana inside, topped w/crab (too much crab but good)
Sea angel roll (too much crab but good, spicy)
Tropical spice roll (special, very good!)
Va Beach roll (meh)
Pacific roll (meh, bland)
Hawaiian roll (too much cheese but good)
Spicy tuna (meh, ground tuna not much zip)

Appetizers and bar:
Gyoza (good)
Shumai (good)
Edamame (good, plenty)
Wakame salad (very good)
Ginger dressing (very good)
Miso soup (very good)
Kani salad (good)

Halloween 2012

Two fairy princesses and a tarantula went trick or treating tonight. And fir the first time ever Tom and I both went with them.

The girls were precious and Nick was the most courteous spider you ever saw. We just took the girls around the block, then Tom and Nock went around a little more.

Before trick or treat time, we had a pizza dinner and carved pumpkins. We're what you might call last-minute kinds of folks around here.

But we got it all done, and the kids had fun and stated warm. That was a bit of a concern since it was down in the forties. But I found purple and pink tights and shirts, and purple and black pants for the girls to wear under their dresses, and I sewed their wings onto their wool peacoats so they HAD to wear coats to have wings. I thought that was pretty clever.

Nick just had a black hoodie on inside out (so it was fuzzy and solid black) for his top and with the spider hood over that it was enough for him.

I had a hard time getting any good photos, but here we go:

Sandy better not mess up trick or treating!

I've worked on Nick's tarantula costume for over 2 weeks. It better not rain Wednesday!

I sewed it all by hand using old t-shirts and pants for material, old pillows for stuffing and some eyelash yarn i had on hand. I got the idea for the design from here: http://www.eclecticmom.com/home/2011/9/26/halloween-costume-spider.html

Taking the eyelash yarn down by hand took the longest, about 10-15 hours I'd guess. He's gonna be a cute tarantula!