and tote bags! The tote bag count is at 5 complete, and 5 more in partial completion. We're a little behind, but have big plans for the Thanksgiving weekend. Big plans!
Now let me distract you from tote bags.

Today we made a test batch of holiday cookies using the Cookie of the Month from Martha Stewart December and Jeff's Grandma Nori's cookie press. Yes, that's 3 sticks of butter that you see in the background. Martha doesn't mess around. These are a traditional spritz cookie like my mom and my grandma used to make when I was a little girl. In fact, they still make them. We used to sprinkle them with green and red sugar crystals, but I don't have any of those so we went with Martha's suggestion of a cinnamon sugar mixture. We made a few wreaths, but mostly we made camels and dogs.

It took a while for me to get the hang of the press again, but we had a great time experimenting and eating our mistakes. Mmmm. We're taking the rest with us to the family Thanksgiving dinner. I'm sure there will be a lot left by Thursday.
Staying in holiday mode, the kids cut out and decorated turkeys. The turkeys will be officially unveiled on Thanksgiving.

We're spending the week cooking and creating and talking about family traditions - those we've inherited and those we have created for ourselves.
In blog news, this morning Jade left the 500th comment on my blog. Since I see this as quite a milestone and was very tickled, I'm sending her a little gift along with the ones from my 100th post drawing that I, ahem, haven't sent out yet. Lots of boxes are going out this week. So Jade, I'll be emailing you. Thanks so much to everyone who comments - I love every single one.
Last thing if you're still reading. And fair warning - it is not sweetness and light so if you're feeling warm and fuzzy from cookies and turkeys and blog comments and want to stay that way, then you'll want to stop here.
I'm having a mommy problem and I need advice. My son went to a birthday party last night. Another boy was at the party who is very protective of his relationship with the birthday boy and intensely dislikes G because of his close friendship with the birthday boy. He has in the past physically attacked G just for playing with him at recess. G is scared of this boy. Jeff picks him up from the party and the parents tell him that the other boy pushed him - it was clear that they were very angry at the boy, but we don't know what was said/done. The boy was still there (had it been my house, he would have been sent home). G was very quiet in the car, came home and said "well, W___ still doesn't like me" and burst into tears on my shoulder. Apparently, when G was by himself playing with a toy, the boy grabbed him by the arm and threw him across the room where he hit the wall. He's bruised on his arm and shoulder. I am pissed off beyond belief. Given that I can't exactly go beat the crap out of that kid myself, I'm trying to decide what to do. Do I:
a. Let it go, knowing that I've said the right things to my son, and hope this doesn't happen again
b. Have a discussion with the boy's parents, since this is not the first time that he has assaulted my son (he has a good 6 inches and 15 lbs. on G) and has done things like throw basketballs directly in his face.
c. I don't have a c. I'm so spitting mad that I can't think straight.
Ideas? Advice? Sympathetic fury?
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