beauty and mess

Our lives are really filled with both.  We have three beautiful children who are always having moments of both beauty and mess.  Recently I cleaned up a puddle of urine from our Wii balance board, as an example.  But seeing our kids doing yoga, though I'm not the yoga type really, is quite a sight.  Here's a little beauty and mess for you to see.

Jomo has become quite the connoisseur of this Japanese udon noodle dish.  We all love this meal, fish cakes and all.  He's been experimenting over the past couple of years with different add-ons to the basic noodles.  This one here has fish cakes, fried tofu, another kind of fish cake whose name I don't remember, homemade nori/tempura crackers, fried eggs, chives, and I think that's it.  Isn't it beautiful?  He made this maybe three times a week back when I was pregnant and very sick all day.  I couldn't tolerate much food or cooking, but this tasted really good.  It still does.

Of course the classic and messy carving of the pumpkin.  We didn't buy a pumpkin until this past Sunday evening, and since the store was having a special, this was the last one left.  He's about the lumpiest, most misshapenest pumpkin I've ever bought.  But he's big and he's ours. I'll post a picture of the finished product once we light a candle inside of him and take a picture!

No, L is not dressing up as Hitler this Halloween.  He's just taken some bites of his chocolate apple that he made at a birthday party on Monday.  There's nothing like the sight (and sound!) of a roomful of chocolate-covered preschoolers!  I knew I shouldn't have had Z wear white!  

Thanks for touring our beautiful mess!