it all begins with a little country style chinese

actually, last week ended with jason capturing an artistic rendition of amalea's name done by the artist herself on glass and condensation using fingertip.

then the week continued to end with the busting of isabel's lip and the assembling of chinese spring rolls all performed while johnny cash sang in the background (thus, the country style chinese).

the busting of the lip: isabel has bumped the bony parts of her noggin before, but never busted soft tissue open to cause blood to issue forth. she smacked her face good on the floor, and since she's quite toothy now, split her bottom lip open and out gushed the blood. she recovered quickly enough to manage to "incubate" a pumpkin (her new move in honor of the coming of autumn) as well as to strike a pose to point out her new wound.

the assembling of the spring roll: as modeled here by amalea...

   first you must soak the rice paper

 then fill,  then roll, and last hold the roll up in celebration

 (and admire the thing from afar by definitely NOT eating it - according to amalea).