Turkey Day

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend (as evidenced by this photo of Wynne in her turkey hat)

We stayed in town and spent Thursday with Pete's family. I made Pete's favorite White Castle stuffing. Yup - made with white castle burgers. If you're interested in making some for your Christmas gathering, the recipe is posted on the company's web site, along with many other creations you can make with these burgers.

Pete spent most of the weekend at the new house. Lots of odds and ends to work on. He bought a bunch of drywall, finished scraping wallpaper from one of the walls downstairs and wrapped up some projects to get ready for the electrician. The electrician was supposed to come out today but did not make it. Hopefully he'll get out there tomorrow. Once that is done we get it inspected, insulate the walls and we can close them up. Note to Pete -- don't forget to call the drywall guy!!

Meanwhile, Christmas is a hot topic at our house. I asked Wynne what she thought Emmett would like for Christmas. She thought for a while and then said that "Emmett would like some doll house furniture. And he can keep it in my room." what a sweet kid.

I asked her what she would like. Aside from everything that is advertised on TV, Wynne said she wants "everything that Andrew has that I don't have".

She also told me that what she really wants is an elf. Smart girl. Why limit yourself to toys on one day when you can get your own personal toy maker...

Emmett, on the other hand, is still learning to talk. He has a few words down though he calls everyone "da-dee".

He is also in maximum attention seeking mode. He waits until you are watching him and then grabs the Christmas tree or stove and runs. And then does it over and over again. I couldn't even take the cinnamon rolls out of the oven yesterday because he kept charging the stove yelling "HOT!". What a knob.

And if you are keeping track, the score at our house is:

Mouse - 2

Riemenschneiders - 0

Somehow Emmett also got stuck in a glue trap. And I spotted the mouse again yesterday. I can't believe we can't fix this problem.....