Monday, November 29, 2021

Thanksgiving

Pie time!  Cameron helped stir a little bit for the Samoa pie.
He also filled and decorated the Oreo pie!
Parker was AWOL for pie making time this year.  He was only interested in the end result!  Kenzie, however, made the pumpkin and cherry pies and also made the blueberry compote for the cheesecake.
She decorated the cherry pie in the phases of the moon!  Everyone was quite impressed.
Here's our contribution to dinner, all wrapped up and ready to go to Torry and DianaLynn's house.  We had cheesecake, cherry pie, Rolo pie, Samoa pie, pumpkin pie, snickerdoodle cookie pie, Oreo pie, rolls, cranberry sauce, and Crispix mix.  Somehow we fit it all in the van around us!
It is so loud that I can never get everyone's attention for a picture, but here's the "kids table".
Brilee and Nick's little guy, Davis, was having fun playing with a ball that Great Uncle Geeb would hide in his fist.  They both were getting a kick out of it!
I laughed at this - Parker was hovering, first in line for pie time!
Goofy ladies playing games.  There was a lot of laughter from this table!
Since we enjoy leftovers all weekend, I spent Friday roasting a small turkey just for us, and we had our own little Thanksgiving all over again!  Always a fun weekend of eating a lot!

Sunday, November 28, 2021

Hogle Zoo

The day before Thanksgiving was a $2 day at the zoo, so we bundled up and braved the crowds (at least it required a timed ticket, so although busy, it wasn't next level bonkers like the free days used to be).  Kenzie was delighted our tickets weren't until 12:30 so she got to sleep in!
Cameron still enjoys posing with all the animal statues we come across...
...so here are just a couple of them!
Cameron was the only one who wanted to ride the carousel, but at least he got the coveted panda!  He chatted with the boy next to him and waved enthusiastically each time he went by.
Checking out the Sand Cat, which is always a favorite.  The kids enjoyed comparing each large feline with attributes our kitten Jingo possesses.  "Oh, this one is a pouncing predator!  Just like Jingo!"  Kind of funny.  The Hogle Zoo is not very large, but it's fun to walk around and see the animals when we get the chance.  After that it was home to bake pies!