Tuesday Morning In Photos
Tags:Around here just a touch of snow often results in a no-school day.
She was excited to have him home.
She caught him up on what's been happening on Sesame Street...
and Sid The Science Kid.
And then it was time to check out the white stuff.
It was cold. And icy.
They were happy to come back inside after a quick little visit to our neighbor.
And then she was ready to play in her kitchen while he played with legos.

We also had a quick visit from my Dad who drove over from the coast bearing a gift of fresh dungeness crab. One of the things he loves to do is to go crabbing - the other day he caught a bunch and cracked it all for us to enjoy at Thanksgiving.
My Mom sent me these photos (can you see that organizing might run in the family) of the picking process.
Thanks Dad! We wish you guys could be here for Thanksgiving!
Today I'm planning to spend some time in the kitchen making a couple things ahead of time for tomorrow: Pioneer Woman's mashed potatoes and her pecan pie, a chocolate pudding pie per Simon's request, and some crab dip.









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We have about seven inches here just east of Seattle so you may have more snow in your forecast =0)
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Happy Thanksgiving....that crab looks delicious! Enjoy!
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wow, to have someone pick crab for you... that's LOVE! We always have to pick our own - then of course enjoy it thoroughly, but everyone that wants crab, helps crack it! Lovely pics - the organized crab photos amazed me! Ours ends up in a big bowl of shells, with the crab meat either devoured while cracking, or shared in a salad. Any lingering snow today? We have quite a bit still here in Corvallis - but it's slipping away quickly... Such a sweet pre-thanksgiving surprise!
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Another Canadian chiming in (way up in the NWT). I love the idea of snow days but we never have them (I'm lying I think the catholic schools were closed one day a couple of years ago when we hit -48 Celsius - there must have been a burst pipe). When I was in elementary school here we weren't allowed outside for recess if "exposed flesh freezes in under a minute".
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Oh, wow, Ali! Thanks for the pudding pie recipe link b/c I have two hungry chocolate pie people in my house! And that whole website produced about ten recipes in two minutes (love brussels sprouts!) so I bookmarked it. The photos of the kids are precious! Enjoy your family time together.
Terri
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Made the Pioneer Woman's pecan pie this past weekend. Delicious doesn't cover it. Happy Thanksgiving.
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I hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving tomorrow with your family. I love Anna's clothes; could you share where you got her pajamas - too cute.
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What a wonderful, ordinary day at home. BTW, the crabs look DELICIOUS!! =)
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Well my daughter would like to eat at your house! Happy Thanksgiving to and your entire family!
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I love your "day in the life" type posts! :) Anna's jammies are so cute. I think it must be a rule that all little girls named Anna must have cute jammies :)
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Beautiful door...beautiful wreath...beautiful mat....beautiful potted tree....beautiful kids. What a great picture.
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I look forward to your "snow" photos every year. It is such a world away from our summer christmas here in Australia and your photos are such picutre postcards - I love them. Thanks for sharing.
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Ali, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Hope you have a great day. Hugs from across the ocean, Deirdre
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Oh you have snow!! No snow here in Toronto !! Looks like the kids had a great day together. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!xx
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Oh Ali.. great photos of the kids!! We have a fair amount of snow.. and today, one of the coldest Thanksgiving's in over 26 years! Our first bout of sub zero windchill's... yuck! Snow days here.. actually are not too common!! We are so used to all the snow and ice. A bummer for the kids!! LOL
I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! (PS your home is beautiful!!)
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lol. we have received our 2nd dump of snow and although the kiddos are still too little to go to school, our city (Vancouver, BC) often shuts down completely for snow. today's dump melted by the time we got home so the kids didn't get out and play, so disappointing for them. love the pics and the crab, well, <3 it. it's usually one of our christmas dinner dishes.
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Love these "everyday photos"!
Happy Thanksgiving! We don't celebrate this in Sweden, but reading about it here and there made me look up both Thanksgiving and Black Friday on the wiki - so know I know a bit more about it :-)
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Haha, I love the organized crab meat :).
And Simon and Anna are just the cutest together!
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A fun and different spin on hearing about the day through Ana's eyes - great idea :)
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I made PW's pecan pie for a dinner party earlier this month and it was fantastic. So glad I used her recipe for my first attempt at pecan pie. Yum! Hope you guys had a great holiday. Headed home from our week-long celebration in TX and anxious to get to work on Dec Daily!
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