Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving has come and gone, so let me update everybody on what's been going on with the dude. We went to grandma and grandpa's house for thanksgiving. His cousins were elsewhere this year with other family obligations, so the dude was the center of attention all day. The dude's parents spent endless hours in the kitchen (or at least several minutes) making sweet-potato pies. It turns out we made yam pie. It still tasted good on account of all the butter and sugar. I guess we had no idea what a sweet potato looked like when we were at the store. I still think they must have been labeled wrong at the store.

Also, over the weekend a local downtown area had reindeer sleigh rides. It was much less of a event than I was picturing in my head based off the advertisement in the paper. However, the kiddos really seemed to enjoy the ride. The dude laughed hysterically for the first half and had a grin the whole time.

Happy Halloween!

The 2 skeletons had a great time trick-or-treating with the St. Paul kiddos. The dude was even able to muster a "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" at each house we visited. Once he tasted the sugar, he had no problem being prompted to repeat these sayings to everyone we met.