Thanksgiving recap

Wow!  November came and went in a blur.  I don't know if it was because Thanksgiving was so early this year or what, but the month flew by.  We enjoyed doing our thankful activities.  We completed 29/30 of them--I think that's pretty good.  C got overly excited and got ahead of himself while my parents were here.  He kept having another person pull one out...the little stinker, so we got a bit befuddled around Thanksgiving.  The thankful board disappeared a day early (b/c of the mix up), and we start today on our Christmas activities--but that's a whole other post. 

Probably the coolest activity we did was take a pie to a neighbor.  The first 2 we tried to take it to weren't home, but C really wanted to get it delivered.  We ended up going a bit further down the street to a man's house I had met a couple of times, and he had brought my dogs back when they escaped our fence in early November. Anyway, it was so serendipitous that we ended up with them.  The family had been going through a challenging time moving an aging parent accross the state, selling off her possessions, but still trying to figure out what to do with what was left.  It really felt like the pie was a cool gift that allowed us to bridge those weird neighborly "fences" we put up.  You know just hellos and such.  It was really a wonderful experience. 

Here's just a couple photos I have of stuff.  I helped at C's feast at school.  His class were Indians and the 3 year olds were Pilgrims.  They were so well-behaved.  Preschool is an amazing thing! 

 

Our little Fast Wolf (that was his chosen Indian name)

 

a craft we made together

 

Posing himself for some photos that he sent to nana and papa to tell him he was thankful for them and his surprise Snoopy.

 

Baking crinkle cookies.  This was probably the most he's ever stuck with cookie baking.  Usually he is done after the mixing, but he helped me roll out the balls and dip them in powdered sugar.

 

C and I also made gifts for his teachers--caramel and chocolate apples w/fall leaf sprinkles on a Thanksgiving plate with hot cocoa and a turkey chocolate.  I forgot to photo. 

 

Our giving put Scott in the mood to give the office staff he directly works with Thanksgiving giftsm and he asked me to make the wine look nice.  I photographed those. 

 

 

I thought we could do better than just handing these women who work in alcohol just a bottle of wine. I wrapped the bottless in a fallish kitchen towel, with some yummy chocolates, and a cute little owl. 

 

We went to my aunt's house for Thanksgiving.  It was wonderful to see some of my extented family b/c we just don't get to see them often. It had been almost 2 years since I had seen my grandparents.  C had a great time visiting as well.  My parents came back with us for the weekend, and we had a very nice long weekend.  We did a little bit of shopping, and my mom and mother-in-law and I went downtown for afternoon tea at this cute London Tea room.  It was delicious.