celebrating deychen's birthday two months late

 xena used to like to sit in chanda's violin case. now hermione has taken on the role. our cats are such dears.

 morgana working at her vanity table that she bought in connecticut to be a desk at which she can write and work on her german schoolwork.

 just a picture from a different angle . . notice that big teal colored ball? what is that thing? i really don't know! i think morgana bought it flat and deflated in a plastic bag from a store next to the american ballet theatre during the time chanda was attending the summer intensive. one day i wandered into their room to look out their window at the sunset. after admiring the colors, i turned around and bounced and slid on that ball! i landed flat on my back and yelled "OMF!"  i was so startled! i had never felt so out of control! chanda was in the living room practicing the violin. did she hear me? no!!! i could have died in that room and no one would have known! that ball is dangerous and i have warned the girls that it better stay safely away because i don't want their father breaking his neck on it when he opens their curtain every morning at 6 am!

 okay. on to the next room. after taking pictures of morgana i wandered into korrina's room because morgana complained of something in it . . i don't remember what. anyway, i was struck by the open box on her bed filled with yarn goodies from a swap package she had received. there's tea and chocolate, yarn and a hot mitt. so nice!

 morgana's homemade birthday card for deychen, who loves pigs.

 here it is . . the belated birthday celebration.

 i made an apple crumble with the newest fall apples.

 happy birthday deychen!

 oh, it was so good. chanda had four helpings and i nixed the fifth. we needed to leave some for other members of our family!

 this evening i finally weighed my yarn from the yarn club. each skein was about 51 to 53 grams. 

i love the colors!

dinner this evening was roasted acorn squash from the saturday farmer's market, green salad, and sesame noodles (which i haven't made in years! it was nice to have once again).