Fall

My favorite time of year is here. The leaves are beautiful shades of red, orange and yellow. The air is crisp, and the holiday festivities are beginning. Last night Emily had a homework project, to make a turkey out of a pinecone. Eddie created this masterpiece for her to take to school for her Thanksgving feast on Thursday.


Brian also wanted to make a turkey pinecone. We found some extra pinecones near Brian's school, but they were all closed. As you know you can find anything on the Internet, so here's how you open a pinecone: put in oven at 200 degrees and just watch it. Our pinecones were really wet from recent rain, so it took a couple of hours, but it worked. I loved that my house had an awesome pine scent while they were in the oven.

On Saturday, we are going to the tree farm to cut our own tree this year. I am excited to have a real tree for the first time, and I am actully looking forward to decorating.

We are planning to have "Thanksgiving" dinner on Sunday while my mom is here. I bought a turkey on sale last week, and I ordered a pumpkin pie from the youth at church who are doing a fundraiser. We are planning on homemade rolls, mashed potatoes, homemade gravy and of course a courtesy vegetable (even though most people in this family are not too crazy about veggies).

Next week I am hoping to wrap up my holiday shopping. I am making my list for Black Friday and trying to decide if I can muster up the strenght to brave the crowds.

Here are some pictures of our visit to Emily's school on Thursday for her Thanksgiving feast. The cafeteria Thanksgiving feast was turkey and stuffing with gravey, green slop, and yams. It looked awful, I am glad that we didn't encourage Emily to buy lunch that day. Everyone's pinecones looked cute, but Emily's was the best. There was a very cute squirrel that was a close runner up.