Changing our blog name

Dear Soy and Wanner, Sometimes when I write here, I feel silly, like I am talking to someone else instead of you guys, so I regrouped today (hate that word, very corporate, will never use it again, but sometimes words would enter to my brain and I cant get rid of it without using it) and change the title from Lulu and the boys to Dear Sawyer and Tanner, and from now on I will speak to you guys directly because after all this is for you, once in a while I will write about stuff I like, that's just for my entertainment. I still like the name Lulu and the boys, but it sounds like a band name.   Picture above was taken at IKEA.

Lemons 2012

 One small lemon tree gave me hundreds of lemons.

 Tanner, my proud little helper

Wash and Dry

I made: lemon curd, lemonde, lemon chicken,froze whole lemons (not a good idea, took up to much space and was mushy)froze lemon juice, lemon cake.
This year i salted some lemons and chopped lemons with add honey. This will keep in the fridge for a long time and really helped me with my scratchy throat.
Makes me feel resourful to use up all the lemons (oh of course i also gave bags of it away)

School 2012

 First day of school, Sawyer 4th grade, Tanner 1st grade. Both in the gifted program!!

 Both loves taking the school bus.

 Sawyer, honor student

Hi Tanner.

Disneyland food (some)

I was excited to do a spread on the food we ate there, turned out i didnt take alot of food picture. I guess it was difficult to eat and take pictures or the presence of my vultures...ahem, i mean my kids does not encourage letting go of my food for pictures.

So here's to the few i took while we were there. Fall of 2012.

My first Chinese meal in Disneyland. Orange chicken over rice. I was craving rice, filling but not that good.   

 Marshmallow Mickey, Mainstreet CA

 Frontierland, my favorite spot for a meal and show. Chili Bowl, fish and chicken fry

 A very good chocolate cake.

Carsland. 50's style blueplate meal.

Not pictured: hot chocolate, coffee, honeycomb, pretzels, popcorn, sandwiches while watching Fantasmic, and an extemely huge amount of churros and very crunchy corndogs

Gingerbread Cottages 2012

Davis, Fall 2012

Bike town! I love college townsLunch at my fav. Japanese buffet, Fuji

Tanner topld me his dream is to ride in one of these things. Me too Tanner, me too. In London

Rocking swing

Only one ring per kid!

Very nice volounteer seniors

Hattie Weber Museum 

After a long walk we found this oasis...single cone dipped in chocolate please

Winter puttering

 

These paper whites were beautiful, unfortunately the smell is too much for us so i have to put it outside. That little tree right behind the flower is a lemon tree that gave me hundreds of lemons every year. 

 

 A late Christmas baking: peanut butter blossom cookies

Just some of the lemons from our little tree in the backyard.