Sunday, January 04, 2009

Mochi Tsuki Time!







It's been years since the last time we had mochi tsuki, and luckily my aunt got the bug to have mochi again. So we don't really do it the old fashion way, with the wooden mallet and pounding the crap out of the rice. We semi-cheat and use a grinder, but we still got in the spirit and made mochi this year!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Who says 1st born is spoiled...



Poor Landon got a cardboard box from Santa.



Landon & Connor at Fashion Islands Xmas Tree

Landon's 1st Christmas Poop Ornament


So every year, amongst all the cousins we do Secret Santa. On top of buying each other gifts, we also make each other something, based on a theme. Last year was gingerbread man, and the year before that was an ornament. This year it was to decorate a mini Xmas tree based on what your Secret Santa enjoys. So since my tree was pretty boring this year due to me being busy with work, I added my little own flavor to the mix. My cousin Janelle likes cows, so I made her a cow ornament made of Landon's dried up turd. That shows the love that goes into my gifts, I had to pick out and wait for the right one that had the right texture and shape, then I had to dry it out, then 5 layers of white paint, and then I had to hand paint the black spots, and added little legs made of dry macaroni noodles. Merry Christmas Janelle, you better not toss that out!