Day After Thanksgiving

We had a lovely Thanksgiving.

The Big Guy's brother and family came in to town. We had a great meal at my sister-in-law's. The food was grand!

The boys and my other sister-in-law started the day with a four mile run. Some of the boys did it as a relay passing the smoked turkey leg. Love it! The weather was fab. The turnout was great - all for the March of Dimes.

This was before the race - a snapshot of those running.

This was after the race of just my boys. Peanut wants to try the actual turkey leg for lunch tomorrow!



We were so lucky. My oven went out and won't be fixed for a few days. I used a neighbor's oven to fix my dessert. That was all I needed to bring to the dinner. Thank goodness for a toaster oven! It will help us through the next few days.

Happy Belated Thanksgiving to All!

Weekend Wow!

Where did this week go?

Peanut finished up his fall soccer season. Phew! It was cold.
Peanut participated in a Civil War demo at school. He was a POW from Elmira prison camp.
Peanut has basketball, family Turkey toss, referring, conditioning, school play, and friends. Phew! Busy, busy, busy...

Pumpkin sang in the All West TN Chorus last weekend. Beautiful music!
Pumpkin had lots of homework.
Pumpkin has a swim meet. He's worked very hard and we hope to see the result in faster times.

The Big Guy and I are providing the transportation to all the activities this weekend.

I have TONS of knitting to do. I hope to make lots of progress - on the flip side - have a good one!

Update

I can't believe it has been 10 days since my last post. Time is flying by. We've been busy and I've spent lots of time with my knitting needles.

Let me share some of the things we've been doing.

Peanut participated in his school fundraiser about a month go. Last week, he got an award for running the most laps. He ran 42 laps in 30 minutes. Each lap is 1/8 of a mile. Wow! We were excited for him. He matched the school record. Yahoo!!

The school district has a fundraiser run each fall. It was last weekend. Peanut and the Big Guy participated. It is a flat run and it turned out to be quite hot. Peanut did well and had fun. Here he is just starting. I could only dream to have a running form like that.

If you look past the green shirt, you can see him finish. He looked strong!

The Big Guy finished strong too. He said the heat impacted him a bit.

My two twinkies! They wore the school tshirt and the Vandy shorts. Love it!

I took Pumpkin to the ortho for his last visit. How exciting is that? We were surprised to learn Peanut had won the contest for October. He gets to pick up his prize soon.

Our tried and true Volvo keeps plugging along. A few days ago it hit 170k. Wow! We had to get new tires for it. Other than that, it is going strong. Buddy loves it and is always ready to hop in the back and go for a ride!!

Projects and Halloween

I have been knitting as of late! I can't show all my projects, but I am in the process of figuring out what to make for Christmas gifts. I had some of this yarn left over from Knitcol. I love it. The self-striping just makes be smile especially in this fingerless mitten pattern. I still have to make the mate. It shouldn't take long.

I finally finished up a pair of fingerless mittens for the Big Guy. His office is pretty cold in the winter. We are hoping these will keep his fingers warm when he is at the computer. I did not have enough green. I like the addition of the off white.

Last Thursday night was Pumpkin's fall chorale concert. It was wonderful. I am so pleased with everything his director does with the kids. This is his first tux. We tried to order it big to allow for growing up and out room.

We quickly moved on to Halloween! This year Peanut served himself on the table. The costume was easy to make. It just was not too industrious. He was the hit at his costume party. He took home a 1st Place ribbon!!! The bowl lasted a few minutes at the party and the table stayed on for 45 minutes. I know he had fun with it. He said that kids were trying to eat the gummy worms hot-glued on the plates. Too Funny!!


This shot was taken when he got to the party. This party was amazing. There were boys and girls there. And, they had a DJ. Peanut actually danced. He did come home complaining that it was too loud. Apparently, girls were talking to him and he could not hear them. That's his story and he is sticking to it!!

On Halloween morning, Peanut and the Big Guy did the Race for the Cure. The weather was perfect and they both finished strong. I was the designated photographer and the holder of all they clothes they shed.

Pumpkin had his first high school swim meet. It was a fun format consisting only of relays.

Both boys were off to different Halloween parties. The Big Guy and I took advantage. We headed out to dinner and did a little shopping. A great Halloween was had by all!!