sushi monsters

Saturday Gramma came to visit.
She arrived at lunchtime & we decided to go out to this great little sushi restaurant my neighbor got me hooked on.

Antonio is getting so good with chopsticks! He was able to pick up his rolls with no problem. His favorite are tuna ones, but will eat the other kind when given 'the look' by mama, (heyyy..I want some too!)

Julia adores rice, and we noticed that sticky rice is great for little kids. It doesn't fall on the floor as much as adhere all over them until they look like some kind of mutated sushi beast.

After lunch, we checked out the Asian grocery store next door. To Antonio's delight they had Hello Panda. Hello Panda is a cookie like biscuit shaped like a panda head and stamped with some kind of panda in an activity with chocolate or strawberry filling. They're about the size of a quarter, and so good.

Julia spent the evening attempting to pull herself up to stand on various scary pieces of furniture. The glass coffee table will be retired to the garage soon.

This morning we all headed over to the nursery to look at all things plant-y and beautiful. I also wanted to get a truck load of bark, and mom was kind enough to drive a truck full of kids while I drove the pickup.
Antonio rode with me on the way back, so he could watch the tractor dump the load in.

Soon after, Grandma left and the kids and I hung out some, then I got to work shoveling the bark out while Antonio played with the neighbor boys and Julia supervised.