Thanksgiving trip

We had a great time in Michigan.
The first thing George and Dean did was to build a snowman. The snow angels didn't turn out too well, though.












Here's George playing with firefighter legos at Bob & Denise's. He had a great time.


















Charlotte asks for water and drinks it.



Charlotte & her first cousin once removed Paul had a great time.


In Lansing, Dean and the kids went to bed and I went out carousing -- here I am with Bonnie and Hanno after the dance.

We visited Jane & Demitris the next day. We were there for 9 hours !!!! and the kids had a great time.

Sparky entertained Charlotte for quite a while.


On the way out of town we stopped at Elderly Instruments and visited with Cynthia Bridge.


Back in Hopkins we found the usual gang in the kitchen.



All the cousins prepare for an early Christmas.



George and Charlotte had a good time visiting the Krum's dairy farm. George drove the tractor -- on a road!



Then the real snow came.......

Thanks, Aunt Barb & Uncle Bob!

Mouse Lawn Guys

This is George's drawing of the many bags of grass clippings cut by the mouse lawn guys. Their truck is in the upper corner. Then you see the many many bags (they look like olives to me). The little dots are the mouse footprints. Some of the bags are so small that one mouse can carry them but some of the bags are so big that it takes many mice working together to carry them.

In the lower part of the picture you can see all the grass that they have cut.

Charlotte's new pants

These pants (shown on a reluctant model) are made from Wooly Wonder's perfection pants pattern. Instead of a tie at the waist, I used I-cord with a strand of round elastic run up the middle. The I-cord is knotted at the ends. It stretches enough for me (or Charlotte) to pull them on or off, and then is tight enough to keep them on. The yarn is Rowan's Magpie, a heavy worsted.


Most of the time she loves these pants.