Done, done, done!!

The Christmas animals are all done -- finally finished Claire's gorilla:


Just to show how big he is, here he is with the kids:





Here are Amy's koala and Lauren's kangaroo, both finished & mailed in time for Christmas:



And now for something completely different..... I feel the urge to make socks on tiny, tiny needles.

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.