Turning 30

Yesterday I turned the big 30. People kept asking me how it felt to be 30 and I would reply, "It doesn't feel any different to me. I just feel a day older, just like I did yesterday." The only difference seems to be that I just need to remember to write in the correct age when I fill out forms.

One thing I have noticed lately about myself has been that I am developing more and more preferences in life. I've decided I don't like to sleep with tied quilts because the yarn tickles my face when I'm trying to fall asleep. I don't like going to the grocery store during rush hour. I like natural, chunky peanut butter better than the cheap, smooth kind that I used to buy. I like to do laundry on Wednesdays. I like to put on my seatbelt after I start the car. I don't like being over-productive. I only like a certain brand of wheat crackers. I like to fix things myself. I think I can better understand now why older people always seem to have so many strict preferences like always having to wear driving gloves, or always having the same thing for breakfast. I seem to be heading there myself.

-Nat

Halloween Costumes

We were Asian peoples.

-Nat

I don't like them

Before squirrels:

After squirrels:

You'll notice they have absconded with Pearl's entire pumpkin. You'll also notice that Bryan's pumpkin is relatively unharmed. This is because Bryan's pumpkin is 'evil' and evil tastes bad, as everyone knows.

-Nat

Pearl's House

I decided to build Pearl her own house a few weeks ago. It took some coaxing to get here in there, but she finally relented when we put our cell phones in there and all sorts of naugthy things she shouldn't play with. She has come to like it more and more lately. She especially likes it when I go in there with her. It's a little crowded, but that's the part she thinks is so funny.

-Nat

Pearl and her new fascination with clothes

Pearl started a cute mannerism the other day. She will pull dirty laundry out of her laundry basket and take it with her everywhere and play with it. She's still not into stuffed animals, but by golly she likes clothes.

-Nat