Primitive Thanksgiving

  Oh how you all must have missed me!  I’ve missed you too!  Actually, I have missed my internet access.  Why is it that wherever I go, the internet is sure not to follow?  That’s the way it seems anyway.  So that’s where I’ve been.  I’ve been disconnected from the world outside our window here.  Which I suppose isn’t ALL bad.  I’ve had a lot of time to watch all the kids playing together.  They are definitely growing up and starting to get along with each other better.  I believe I even heard the words, “you are my best friend!” said between them.  Ahhh, cousinly love.  May it last!  Well, lets recap the missed events.  Starting with Thanksgiving. 

Thanksgiving was at Auntie Lulu’s house this year.  I think she was pleased as punch to be hosting this year as she has a beautiful new house to show off.  It is now wallpaper free, so it looks spectacular!  Here she is being super talented – cooking AND baby wrangling at the SAME TIME.  Addi and Avery were under our feet in the kitchen.  We needed the extra challenge.  Turkey making is SO easy, so that added an element.

Martha Stewart sure knows how to roast a bird!  Lulu used one of Martha’s recipes and it turned out FAB!

Surprisingly, Kacie doesn’t drink.

Lulu wasn’t drinking yet either.  Hmmm.

There were many unpleasant parts in the turkey making process.  Gravy turned out to be one of them.

  One of turkey lurkey’s many helpers.

The gang was all there!

Carving the bird is FUN.  Or so it looks.

Yep, he was having fun.

Avos was loving all the attention.

Looks like plenty of food!

Kacie was very proud of her efforts.

Turkey lurkey!

Grandma Kim’s famous homemade buns!

Sweet potatoes by Jamie (not pictured).

Here’s the green bean casserole I made.  Real onions, fresh green beans and panko – no processed ingredients here!

Grandma Kim brought stuffing and wild rice too!

Avery LOVED the kids table.

And here is Dylan skating yesterday.  

Avery “skated” too.  Until she nearly fell asleep standing up.   

That’s all for now.  I have to try and figure out how to post this.  It’s gonna be just like in the old days when there was no wi-fi.  Its truly been a primitive Thanksgiving.  I’m gonna be so thankful for the internet when I get home. 

Ice in!

  Good afternoon!

Has anyone seen this guy yet in stores?

What about his friend?  Reason I ask is because I haven’t seen ANY singing toys at ALL this year.  Not even any like our trio of a pig, dog and cow singing Jingle Bells!  No singing toys anywhere!  Not that we really need anymore.  I just think its strange.

  How about Santa nesting dolls?  Anyone?  Kidding.  These came from Mexico and clearly are one of a kind.

Kinda like this kid – one of a kind.  And for the record, he KNOWS his shirt is on backwards.  He just likes it that way.  Ooookay.  

Don’t get excited!  The rink is not there yet.  But it snowed yesterday, so they decided they better go out and shovel it anyway.  Avery acts as though her snow boots have cement in the bottom of them.  That’s what you’d think by watching her walk in them, anyway.  But hey – its an improvement from the last time she had them on when she refused to even take a step! Now

THIS you can actually get excited about.  Its for real.  We officially have ICE! And a RINK!  There was some question as to whether it was going to work out because of a giant crack that formed in the ice last night allowing water to settle on top of the ice.  Luckily, not all the ice in front of our house was affected. 

Guess who is GLIDING again!  Its taken him a few weeks to get back into it, but I think he’ll be zooming around even more in a couple of weeks.  Its like riding a bike!

Taking a rest on our mostly submerged dock.  And before you say, “uh, you’re supposed to take that out, aren’t you?” – let me tell you that NO, we don’t take ours out.  Why?  Well, because if we did – it would snap in half most likely and we’d have to buy a new one.  And nobody wants to do that!  

This last picture pretty much sums up how he feels about winter, snow and skating.  Pure bliss!

That’s it for now!  My little skater just finished his hot chocolate and now it’s time to snuggle he says.  Can’t pass that up!