(UN)Thanksgiving 2012 Schulman Style

It is now our annual tradition to make homemade ravioli on thanksgiving.  Daddy and the kids make the pasta while Mama makes filling and sauce.  The kids are really becoming experts at rolling out the dough - they know what to do on their own and this year made some of the raviolis by themselves.  

 The raviolis were delicious - we made three types, plain cheese, sweet potato and cheese, and mushroom.  We had cream sauce on top, it was the best yet!  We also had cheesecake which Daddy and the kids made the afternoon before.  Daddy is our resident expert pasta maker, but soon the kids will be too!

Notice the straight noodles drying from the chandelier - what a lovely centerpiece for our delicious (un)thanksgiving dinner.

10th Anniversary

Here we are posing before going out for our anniversary dinner.  Ten years, where has the time gone.  We sure have done a lot in 10 years, and we are grateful for all of it.  You can see Mama's baby belly in this picture, and that was before the ice cream we ate.  Here's to another 10+ years!

Zachary's 1st Diorama

Zachary made his 1st diorama for school.  It was for judaics and represents a battle between five kingdoms and four kingdoms.  It was very creative to build it this way (good idea Daddy).  Good job Zachary.

Making storm cookies

Mama and the kids made storm cookies in lieu of Hurricane Sandy - everything the storm blew in:  chocolate chips, dried cranberries, dried pineapple, marshmallows, nuts.  They were delicious.

Zoe lost her 2nd tooth

Zoe lost her 2nd tooth, well actually, it was dangling and Mama 'took' it out for her.  So now she has a gap and she is very proud of it.  Wonder if the tooth fairy can make it through hurricane Sandy and leave her a present?

Today Zoe went to her close friend Jacob's birthday party at the Eli Whitney Museum and made a remote control car - she decorated it and assembled it.  Pretty cool, huh?

update on visit from the Tooth Fairy

Zoe woke up early today to see what the tooth fairy brought her. She then 'woke' up Zachary, but wouldn't open her envelope until she could share it with Mama and Daddy.  She did find a note from Zachary under her pillow saying "Congratulations" and with 26 cents taped to it.  It was his idea, his money and his secret!
Zoe came in to Mama and Daddy's room and first asked if Mama was the tooth fairy, but Mama could tell she didn't really think this - she just needed to check.  Then she asked if we could come and open her envelope together.  We went to her room (well not Daddy, he keep snoozing) and we opened the envelope and saw all the money - which we counted together: a 2$ bill, 3 $1 dollar bills and 43 cents.  Plus the 26 cents from Zachary = $5.69 cents.  Funny it works out to almost the same as what Zachary got for his first tooth (not that they remember) see the link below:
 
http://zacharyandzoe.blogspot.com/2011/02/zachary-lost-his-first-tooth.html

Then she asked Mama to read the note - which was very sweet and signed with love from The Tooth Fairy.

She will be back soon as Zoe's other bottom tooth is loose too.

As you can compare the pictures - Zachary lost this same tooth first in February of 2011.

 Zoe 10/2012                                                    Zachary 2/2011

Enjoy these pictures of Zoe showing off her hole and the kids together, and compare to when Zachary lost his 1st tooth in 1st grade just 18 mo ago ... wow!

Zoe's 6th Birthday

Zoe Claire at age 6 ... aint she sweet

Zachary gave Zoe a headband making kit - just perfect for the girl who wears headbands everyday.  Zoe posed with each of her presents, and we got Zachary to join her for his gift.

GG and Zadie were with us both for Zoe's party and for her actual birthday.  We celebrated with her favorite dinner and cheesecake for dessert.  Zoe loved the singing and all the celebrating, as you can see by her smile at her candle adorned cake.  Zoe also celebrated that day at school with a party in her class - what a great birthday!

Cousins Josh, Ethan, and Peyton came to visit for Zoe's birthday party and the two princesses spent a lot of time together - we call Zoe the purple princess and Peyton the pink princess.  They are just so cute together and they do love each other A LOT!

Zoe shared her birthday party with her good friend Aliza.  It was a fun party at Andie's Bounce Barn and the girls and all their friends bounced all afternoon.

Family picture at Zoe's party - Zachary looks a little out of it, just not a good smile, but it was hard to get a good shot at that moment as everyone eagerly awaited CAKE.  Happy Birthday to our beautiful girl!

Zoe enjoyed opening each card and present - so grateful this year (wow she has matured so much).  What a great birthday!