11/28 - Happy Thanksgiving!

I am thankful for friends, family, and feet. (I have been without crutches for one week!) I am also thankful for pie.

First Matey and I attempted to make a "faux pecan pie" that the tree nut allergy folks in this family can enjoy.  We used my family recipe instead of the one that inspired me here.

And as soon as I digest dinner a bit, I'll let you know how it went.  It sure looks pretty!

And happy pie is happy.  For now...  Bwahahaha...

11/22 - Thankful Thanksgiving

This was the year I cooked my first turkey.  For a vegetarian, this is a big act of love, so I was quite relieved and extremely proud that it turned out well.  I was also relieved that my guests were willing to carve it up and take the gruesome bits home for soup making.  :)  The twins were great helpers.  Lil' Gal made place setting tags for each guest, and she and Lil' Guy set the table.

Lil' Gal chopped the veggies for the appetizer and all of the broccoli for dinner.  Both she and Lil' Guy helped me make the stuffing.

They were very interested in the turkey and gobbled a lot of it up!

We had a wonderful feast and lots of laughter with our friends.

The twins even helped do the dishes afterwards.

Good night!

12/09 - Bonus post! I won an award!

Not Supermom gave me the "Tell Me About Yourself" Award.  I'm a winner!!!  Woooo!!!  Thank you!

The Tell Me About Yourself Award requires the recipient to:

• Thank the person who gave the award.
• List 7 things that people may not know about you.
• Pass the award to 15 other bloggers and notify them.
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• Post the badge on your blog.

I'd much rather talk about my kids' toys, but here are seven things you might not know about me.

1. I can correctly identify *and* sing along to 8 or 9 of 10 polka songs, and I don’t know why.
2. I am a roller derby grrrl.
3. I resent fruit for pretending it’s so easy to eat, when it actually requires all kinds of washing, peeling, and chopping to turn it into nice little bites.
4. I have never skied, eaten a biscotti, or watched Saturday Night Fever.
5. Robin Williams once cut me off and took the parking spot I wanted.
6. Tall ships make me swoon. In a dreamy schoolgirl crush kinda way.
7. I am not really left-handed.

My Fab Fifteen Baker's Dozen (in no particular order):

1. Living That Life / Firewife Elly - Did I mention she will make you a custom tutu?
2. Your Average Joe - Makes me smile on a daily basis.
3. Feed Our Families - Gina has great ideas for keeping your family healthy and happy.
4. Off My Mama Rocker - One of my favorite twin mamas.
5. Cheapgirldraws - Helps me vicariously live the life of an art student.
6. Filth Wizardry - I love her projects.
7. Blogging Dangerously - #wineparty hostess with the most-est
8. Mommy Wants Vodka - She cracks me up.
9. Twinpossible - Twin mamas rock!
10. The Sarcasm Goddess - She makes a fine pirate, folks.
11. Today's Special - She's a foodie and a friend.
12. Critters and Crayons - Real parenting with humor.
13. Katie's Fighters - Just wow.

11/25 - Happy Thanksgiving!

Before we start eating our Thanksgiving feast, we go around the table and say one thing for which we're thankful.  Lil' Guy said, "I'm thankful to have wonderful moms and a nice sister."  Awwww.

I am thankful for good friends and family, the (new) roof over our heads, and that we have plenty of food on the table.  I'm also thankful to have a little helper in the kitchen!  Here's Lil' Gal, basting the tofurkey.