Thanksgiving at the Werners

On God

We were driving home from the boys' first Stanford Football Game (lots of clapping with mittens on, much fun) when Ben was falling asleep and Alex started a philosophical discussion.

Alex: "God no bite me" (see Santa comment below, a recurring theme)
Mommy: "I don't think God bites people. God is good."
Alex: "I see God in tunnel. God scary."
Mommy: (wondering what the tunnel thing is recalling...) "Umm, most people can't see God. God is a good guy."
- we went on this way for a good ten minutes, with lots of talk about biting and such, good stuff! -

On Santa

Last week we went to a holiday party downtown, and Santa was there
taking pictures with kids. Neither boy was too keen on getting their
picture taken, but Fiona was game and got her picture taken.

This morning, out of the blue, Alex said "Santa no bite me." and then
when we talked about it more "Santa scary" and then asked if he was
hiding in the closet.

It sounds like we have some work to do to restore the grey haired man
to his honored place!

Pirate Family

Left to Right: "Blue Patch Kid", "The Pirate Cook", "Captain Daddy", "Yellow Hook Beak"

Let's go giants