Thanksgiving

Oops!

I forgot Thanksgiving.

Since I didn't get to my project today that I was going to post about. A crazy busy week kept me from posting last week. I thought I would back track and post about Thanksgiving.

After our big meal we had to take our walk with Grandpa. It helps digest the turkey.(So you have room for MORE!)

We had such beautiful weather we had to take a tractor ride. LOOK I caught Riley smiling!

Holiday

Cookie Weekend!

Every year my Mom and I have a "cookie weekend". It has become such a traditon that everyone that recieves our creations start asking the 1st of Dec. "Have you had cookie weekend yet?" Well actually our husbands co-workers. ;) 

This year I brought Maggie and Xavier to join in on our fun. They love helping in the kitchen so we all had our matching aprons and headed to Grandma's house. This is a 3 day event. Starting Friday afternoon and ending in a fog of flour dust on Sunday evening. 

Friday night we started by making the cut out cookies. 

On Saturday Mom and I made most of the cookies. 

Here is a list:

coffee spice cookie

snickerdoodlesx2

peanut butter kissx2

sugar cookies

milk choc chip

hello dollies

white choc cranberry x2

Mrs Fields mud bars x2(my favs)

eagle brand fudge

white fudge

saltine candy

dipped choc pretzels

On Sunday we finished up with

Cranberry bread

poppyseed bread

perpermint bark

Kifli cookies

Once Riley came down on Sunday we decorated our cut out cookies.
Our beautiful decorated cookies!

After an exhausting weekend this is the table of our hard work. Most of my family thinks we are crazy but love the treats they get at the end. ;) 

The results!!

The results of our crafty day!

Pumpkins!!

PUMPKINS!!

Well today was a very fun day. It was my daughters preschool field trip to the pumpkin patch. My oldest was off so school today so we decided to make it a family event. 

With a hayride, a fun playground and picking our pumpkins. We had one exhausting but fun day.

Xavier was just as cute as can be today and in front of my camera. Then Riley was hard to find and the pictures are limited. I have this one shot of the back of his head on the hay ride. ;) Just to show evidence of his existance. 

What to do with 5 pumpkins!

Well you paint them of course!

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Update on Jack ;o)

Jack's Condo!

Well I really felt like Jack's little cage was always full of poo and was just gross. I felt bad for the little guy never getting to run and play. So what did I do? I searched the Wide World Web and found how to make a larger cage for my guy. So just $30 later I have a 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 foot cage. With a second level! This took me an entirer day to do. It was a work out to say the least but boy does jack like it. When we put him in he just started chirrping right away!! Now we need to get him a friend.