Super Special Saturday Edition

It's rare that I get to write on the weekends so I guess this is a special treat. We dumped Anderson off on Bob and Kay last night and took Walker and Ellie to meet some friends of ours for dinner. We had to think of a good last minute Friday night restaurant that took call ahead so we came up with Bennigans, which accomplished all but the "good" part. The nice part was that, since it's not that good, it wasn't very busy. We got there at about 6:30 and the place was maybe half-full. The kids were great. They sat at the table and ate/played/talked with us for two whole hours! I never thought we'd be able to last that long. Walker and Dave mainly talked Browns and played the "guess which hand the balled up piece of paper is in" game, Carla and Amanda talked cognitive development over some spicy french fries (they went to school together for early childhood - the french fries apparently had pepper on them, which I didn't notice but which burned Carla's lips), and I floated from conversation to conversation, including Ellie's meowing and singing Dora songs.

Ellie's favorite dessert: "Popstickles"
Ellie's favorite thing to watch on TV: "Ractoons"

More anatomy issues (kind of personal but too funny not to write down. If you've changed any of my kids' diapers, I guess it's not too personal for you to read). While Carla was changing Ellie's diaper:
Ellie: I have a peepee.
Carla: Yes, you do, Ellie.
Ellie: Walker doesn't have a peepee. Walker has a stick.
Carla: No, Ellie, everybody has a peepee. Boy peepees and girl peepees are just different.
Ellie: Ohhhh, Mommy has a peepee, Daddy has a peepee, Ellie has a peepee, Walker has a stick!
Might be time for them to stop taking baths together . . .

Because it's been a while since I've posted pictures:

Go Browns!

Walker cutting down our Christmas tree. He did most of it - Daddy just had to "finish it up" for him.

Ellie eating an apple approximately the size of her head
There are times where they're not fighting: