Tanner8: December 2009

Sunday, December 20, 2009

We spent saturday getting some baking done. Kaitlin and Maddi were great helpers in making gingerbread cookies. Everyone took turns rolling out the dough. (It was a little crumbly because I had made it a few days earlier and we were only finally getting around to making them) Kaitlin was our FLOUR GIRL. She put flour everywhere. Everyone got to choose their own cookie cutters and we have a great variety. They turned out great if I do say so myself. Now we just have to get them Iced. Hopefully before christmas

After the cookie making it was time to start on Pies. I was making them for some of the ladies in town who would usually buy them for christmas at the Creamery. We deciede that it might be a good idea to sell pies as a funraiser for Brandon's school trip to Costa Rica in 2011. We had a few mishaps trying to make pies with the whole family around and I think I started to lose it at the end of the day, but on the whole everything worked out and everyone got their pies. (There were even some for us to enjoy for the holidays).

LET ME IN!

So 2 weeks ago the weather was down to -32 C,(Colder sometimes with the wind chill) and Jeff let the cats in. All three of them! They were in the house for about a week and we would lock them in the downstairs bedroom (thats not being used) at night. Now Bernard, Sara, and Cracker think they belong in my house and they stand near the door all the time and run in as fast as they can whenever it gets opened. They have almost scatched all the new weather stripping off the side of the door frame, and now they hang in the window as they balance on my screen door(minus the screen) and hold onto my wreath. It really is funny. But they are driving me crazy. I just hope the weather stays a mild -7C instead of dipping way down again.

Sara wants in.

Bernard waiting his turn to jump on the door

Sara with one more try

Friday, December 18, 2009

Christmas Treat Bags

O.K. I can't take credit for these cute little things because I had to practically be dragged by my little sister Jody to do a craft of any sort. Also the idea came from Tera and her friends. But I am really glad that Jody pestered me into it.( I know when she reads this she will say "WHATEVER"). So mom, Jody, and I got together last night after the elementary christmas concert to make these cute TREE TREATS for teachers, neighbors, church teachers, Visiting Teachers, ETC. It didn't take very long with the three of us working together. We did have to change locations once on account of Finn and Libby wanting to be held by Grandma and Aunt Tricia the whole time. So we moved the operation to Mom's house. Good thing all our houses are only blocks away. Each little envelope holds candy and the three are tied together and then can hang on the tree with the clothes pin. The hard part is choosing from all the cute paper out there.