Early November

Abby won't be left out! She got her turn on the teeter-totter at the mall play place.

 

And here we have a cute little baby bonnet that we've never used. But she sure looks cute anyway!



Now Chelsea gets a turn. This is also a very common occurrence: kisses. I have to remind her constantly that people don't like other people in their faces all the time. It doesn't stick.

I "helped" Auntie Beth make lefse last week. I mostly watched or flipped a lefse here and there. Grandma prepped the potatoes and Beth did everything else. I did enjoy eating one though. :)
What is lefse? It is pretty much riced potatoes with a couple ingredients like cream and flour and something else I think (That's how much I helped, I don't even know the few ingredients!) made into dough and cooked on a griddle. Mmm.

This big counter sure does come in handy! We like to use it for baking mass amounts of cookies, eating, and even sewing projects or other art projects. I could get used to having it.

Here the master lefse maker takes the thinly rolled lefse off the board.

It bubbles nicely on the grill.

If it's done right, it puffs up with air bubbles. It happened, but was not captured in this photo.

A stack of yumminess. If you've never had lefse, have some homemade lefse. How do you eat it? Cut it in half, butter one side a little bit and sprinkle a smidge of sugar on it, fold it in half again, roll it, and eat. Repeat with second half.

My goofy girls love climbing into beds. This one happens to be Grandma and Grandpa's bed. It doesn't matter who normally sleeps in it, a bed is a bed and they will utterly destroy the niceness of any bedding. But they have fun.

I had a birthday. Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7. Hours of fun abound. There were some other little gifts, but I'll spare you the goofy photos. I look chubby. I still have a few pounds to lose. Now my six weeks of restrictions is officially lifted. Have I worked out yet? Ask me again tomorrow. Maybe I'll have a better answer...

Once you hit thirty you have to start over. At least you do if you don't want a bonfire in the kitchen!

FHE moment: Making Thanksgiving turkeys!
Yes, that is Abby just laying on the counter. Don't worry, she wasn't there for long. I wanted everyone in the picture (except me, of course, bwah ha ha!). She even got to make a turkey, with lots of help.

And here it is! The cute thing about these turkeys is how they are made. The body is actually your foot traced, and the feathers are actually your hand traced! This was our smallest turkey for that very reason. It was also the cutest in Chelsea's opinion. I might just agree.

Here is our family of turkeys. Can you guess which ones belong with which family member? Never mind the strange body shape (and facial expression!) of the biggest turkey.
I received a cute turkey birthday card from Michelle which was hanging out on the fridge until we took everything off to clean it. I didn't know where it wandered off to when I took this photo. But don't worry. It has since been located!

Brie was loving the infant car seat. Chelsea liked taking care of Baby Brie. She even found her a baby bottle and filled it with water and gave it to Brie. Silly!