entrepeneurship

James is planning on having a hot chocolate stand this winter, figuring it will have less competition than an summer lemonade stand. Hal is going to open a restaurant with Elizabeth which will sell apples with cream cheese and cinnamon. This delicacy figures into Hal's life a lot. He claims that the anger monster hates it and runs away when he eats it. For a long time, James was going to have a grilled cheese restaurant with "grilled cheeses from around the world." Evidently, the man who designed the flip camera beat him to it.

Hal is considering being called "Henry" in kindergarten. He says "I'm almost touching Henry but I'm not sure yet so I'll know by the first day of school if I'm touching Henry or not."

Hal's almost riding a two wheeler.

summer 2011

We were infested with ants this spring. George was at the counter when he saw Hal pick up something. A few moments later, Hal said with a slight grimmace "Hmm...I guess in most cultures they cook insects." A few months later, we were eating squash blossoms at dinner. Hal bit into his and announced, "There's like 10 ants in this one!" We all turned toward him as he shrugged his shoulders and popped the rest in.

James lost his second top tooth after months and months of it being loose. He was purposefully trying to see how long he could keep it in. I finally knocked it out accidentally when I was cleaning his face. By the end, it was gray, pointing straight out and had an adult tooth fully 2 millimeters long behind it.

Hazel's first phrase: "ee too!" She seems to love to recite numbers, especially four. "'mon bwudders" and "go way" are other favorite phrases right now. "UM!!" (gum) is her favorite request (although today she ate chili lime chicarones with gusto).