Nori chips

We used this recipe to make some cheap and tasty seaweed chips this afternoon.

 

Thai House

Hmmm…what to do? Let’s go to the beach!

We had Obyan Beach all to ourselves.




On the way to Thai House we passed by the dilapidated “castle of Saipan", which my dad and I will explore during the March visit.

We brought a seaweed snack, but Alice was ready for bed by the time the food came. Luckily we had the restaurant to ourselves as well!

Christmas tree

This morning we ran around the yard, collecting rocks to prop up our Christmas tree (inside an old soy sauce bucket we salvaged yesterday).

We set up the tree, opened a coconut, and had Cheri's delicious clam chowder for lunch.

During nap time I made a cartoon for some guy in South Africa. I don't know much about it.

Projects

We went out looking for a Christmas tree this morning, and found one in the yard debris pile.  Well, we found something tree-like to hang stuff on (photos later).

 
We visited the library book sale.  Cheri loved posing in front of the sign.

Then it was time for some claymation – here’s what we came up with (Cheri made the elves; Gryphon helped with the backdrop).

 
We took a trip to Pau Pau Beach this evening.  
 

Thanksgiving market

Cheri pulled a babiless 12-hour day shift today. Meanwhile, I started off by locking the rest of us out of the apartment in swimming attire. Luckily Feli's husband, Dante, drove me to the hospital to pick up the keys. I made a mental note about something but I forget what it was, then gave Feli and Dante the second pumpkin pie. Later Gryphon and I trekked up to the crab cave, carrying camera, tripod, laptop, Alice, and some snacks. Gryphon fed Alice the snacks while I made videos talking about a pink dinosaur for some guy on the Internet.

This evening we headed down to Micro Beach for the sunset.

We stopped at a playground, then hit up the street market for lumpia, bananas, pineapple, and tomatoes.

Here’s a video.

Early Thanksgiving

 
Cheri will be working on Thanksgiving, so we celebrated early.

After refreshments at preschool, nap time and another game of Ultimate for me, we had a delicious dinner at Taste of India. Before bed Gryphon whispered, “I’m thankful for leaves…and sticks!”

Coral soup

Yesterday Gryphon's preschool class read the book Stone Soup and began making soup of their own. Since he does half-days, Gryphon didn't get to stay for the soup, but we went home and cooked up our own Coral Soup.

Later we cooked up a couple of pumpkin pies.

Before bed we readied Gryphon's December sticker chart (he earns stickers for various milestones throughout the day).