Scenes from a Pasta Christmas...yes we are weird!

Merry Christmas from the Pastalaniecs

Lake Sheldon...more like Mud Pit Sheldon

The whole family went on an outing to Sheldon Lake on the eastside of town. 

The drought effects were very visible.

 

There is a cool new observation tower where you can look over the big Sheldon Lake. There were a ton of snow geese. 

 No, these snow geese.

Don't ask...

 Dave found Santa.

 

Pretty fall colors (three days before winter)

 We didn't see any real alligators, so Sean had to settle for a fake.

  Some participated in Occupy Sheldon Lake.

 

Like Father, Like Son

I'm a Chicken!

Thanksgiving Fun!

 Sean spent the night Thanksgiving week to have some cooking and crafting fun. Day one was cooking orange sprinkled cookies and making turkey hand crafts.

 Day 2 we made rice krispie treats and turkey place holders.

 We even made a turkey costume for Sean's pet dinosaur.

 Sean writing down what he is thankful for. You know he is intense in his thoughts. Look at the tongue.

 Sean showing Dziadziu the route he is going to take to Nana's and Grampa's house.

Sean spends the night

Last weekend Sean spent the night in preparation of a day of fun! First was a scavenger's hunt for Eeyore's tail. Someone left clues all over the house to help Sean find the tail.



He found it!
Next was cutting practice. Sean had very intense concentration.
Then it was on to cooking, which Sean loves to do. We made a traditional Christmas cookie in our house, Peanut Butter Blossoms. We do most of the measuring and egg cracking as we sit on the floor of the kitchen. So we started calling the cookies "floor cookies." This was the first time Sean got to use the big mixer. Pouring things into the mixer while it was going was a little scary, but, he kept all of his fingers.
All day we watched the radar as Hurricane Lee hit Louisiana and watched as the rain inched its way closer into Texas. We practiced our rain dance, hoping it would help. Right at dusk we had a spritzle of rain. So we ran outside and did a rain dance for more to come. It didn't =(.

Before he went home all the Pasta's came over for a picnic in the living room complete with a movie, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids."