Fish CSA

We joined WalkingFish, a fish CSA (community supported agriculture). Every other week we get fresh seafood from the coast, but we never know what we are going to get. Last week it was oysters and clams, we'd never made those at home before. We broiled the oysters and made a garlic & butter sauce which was pretty good. We also cooked the clams in roasted garlic and shallots with tomatoes and white wine. Pretty good, but a little short of the restaurant rip off I was going for...

Oh, The Many Faces of Mars

This one is for you, Jack

Jack Lalanne died today and while we weren't close, I did get an awesome juicer from my sister for my birthday. So I toasted Jack with my first juice. I know, the one on the left looks like beer, but that is unfiltered apple juice from just two apples. My favorite was the one of the right which was sort of a trash can deal...beet greens, carrot, little cucumber, orange and pear. If you've got a great juice recipe..send it on folks

Presents & Play

C'mon, now that is cute!


We recieved a fun bear blanket from onr of Justin's coworkers. Noli loves to cuddle with Mars on the bear.






We also had a couple snow days and our friend, Rosie, came to play!

Husky

At 5 weeks Marlon weighs 12 lb and is 22 inches long. That's 80th percentile on weight and 38th percentile on height. Do I see "husky" clothes shopping in his future?

Noli 2.5.1

A few things I needed to add to Nol's 2.5 year update.

Funny wording:
- "Can't want it" means "Don't want it"
- "My body" means "My bottom"
- "Glubs" means "Gloves"
- "Sketti" means "Spaghetti"

Favorite new activity: Reading books herself. I probably haven't read her bedtime books in 2 weeks. She gets to "talk about it" instead of us. We don't really understand most of it, but there are books where she definitely remembers the actual plot. If she's reading near her bookshelf and we want to do something else, we have to "wait til I finished."