Thanksgiving Weekend 2010

First, a VERY important item . . . something the grandparents have been after for a LONG time: a picture of all of us together.

The photo above was made possible by our unidirectional minivan. What's that, you say? Is our van learning photography to make up for its mechanical issues? No, not at all. It's just that if it hadn't broken down at just the right spot one fateful day, Mom probably wouldn't have met the nice people who had us over for Thanksgiving dinner. In the next picture, we have Dad and the mobile Muffins coming up from the basement where we spent some time relaxing before dinner.

Here we have the lovely Thanksgiving table, complete with yummy food. :)

Amanda made a turkey in kindergarten and wanted to be sure it joined us for Thanksgiving dinner. Ironically, it did not survive the dinner excursion, although for different reasons than those related to our main entree's demise.

Jared was a big fan of the marshmallows on the yams.

Curtis really liked the left overs . . .

. . . because they were stackable. (He also liked the cranberry jello salad.)

As always, Thanksgiving weekend was extra fun for us because of the dual birthday in the family. Here's the cake that Dad made. With the chocolate and peanut butter combination job on the frosting, the cake tasted remarkably like a Tastykake peanut butter kandy kake.

Here's Jared enjoying the cake. Also in the picture is our friend who provided Thanksgiving dinner.

Here's Jared with one of his favorite presents: Spider-man shoes!

All in all, a very nice Thanksgiving weekend.

Amanda's Kindergarten Open House

Amanda's year in Kindergarten is going well. We had fun going to her open house to see her classroom and the things she's been up to. Here she is with the "rocket ship" she made.

Here's another view of her rocket ship, along with the mobile that she made as part of her class's "Day and Night" unit.

Here's Amanda showing Dad some things.

Curtis spent much of his visit with Mom, since it was a bit busy in there with all those parents and students and siblings.

Here's Jared making himself right at home in the classroom he wishes he could go to every day just like Amanda.

Here we have Lydia, exploring the world as much as can be done in a front pack.

Curtis really found his happy spot after we left the classroom. The question is, what draws him to the gym? Volleyball? Basketball? Or just all the wide open space after all the busy-ness in Amanda's classroom?