It's the most wonderful time of the year

I just adore autumn.

I also adore apple dumplings with cinnamon ice cream, which happen to be available only in the autumn and early winter from the Bruster's just down the road.

Bruster's has declared that it is autumn, or close enough, which means - hooray! - apple dumplings.


Nick's porn 'stache has not improved with the passage of time. Thankfully that was short-lived. Sadly for me, I am on that portion of S6.


Jacob did it again. Dude. Very awesome. Sadly, he has not mastered the art of peeing into the potty. On the plus side, he refuses to poop in the cloth underpants... so we put a diaper on him periodically and he goes within thirty minutes. This of course tells me that he is physically and mentally capable of using the toilet, but for whatever reason is not doing so. Gillian was so easy. I said, "This is a potty. You can wear big-girl underwear and use the potty." She tried right at two, but she didn't have enough control, and her accidents really upset her. So we put everything away for three months, excepting the potty. Three month later, she did it. Just - asked to wear the underwear again, and that was it. No accidents. Day and night, done.

I am nostalgic for that process.


Also! It's really amusing to see Hal Sparks on CSI as the M.C. for an "extreme eating" hot dog eating competition. Hee. "We're on cable." Right on.


Jacob has learned the first words of "Wild World." I learned this today when I said "Oh, baby," to him and he said "Oh, baby baby, wild world." Hee.