Happy Thanksgiving

Eda's story (spelling corrected for ease of reading):
Once upon a time there lived a happy turkey. The turkey loved to play, but today was Thanksgiving. So Turkey had to hide. The turkey looked in the barn and just then the farmer walked in. Turkey ran out as fast as he could but the farmer chased him until the farmer was tired. Then the farmer went inside and the turkey went back into the barn, found a mailman suit and put it on. Then found a mailman bag with mail in it. Turkey went to the farmer's mail box and put it in there. The farmer went out to check his mail. Inside he found a package that said "Happy Thanksgiving" [on] it. Finally it was Thanksgiving night but the farmer did not have a turkey. Turkey had fun on Thanksgiving. The turkey lived happily ever after.

Nap Time

We took a trip to Denver

Ray was at some conference. The girls and I went to the zoo, went to a museum, checked out the Molly Brown house,  and climbed to the top of the state capital. It was a fun trip.

There's something in the cupboard...

We got a new puppy!

 The girls were playing with him so I tried to snap a few pictures.

Here he is:

 Except Trudy now knows what to do when a camera comes out.

So we had to try a different time.

Our last puppy, Gill, had a fatal attraction to chasing cars. So we were a few months without a dog. But then we found Laramie. Getting him was an adventure in itself, but we made it and so far he's been a pretty good dog.

Picking Dandelions

I love Trudy's bouquet.

According to the top three,

Daniel and Eda looked old-fashioned. Daniel because he had suspenders. Eda because she had curls. So I made the picture sepia and Eda didn't like it because it didn't look blue enough.

Kerplunk!

My sister made an extra large version of Kerplunk for a family reunion. Before too many people showed up I took a picture of Trudy and Eda trying to put it back together. After people showed up I visited instead of taking pictures.

On top of the Mountain

Discovering the Hydrant

Notice the beautiful scenery

ignore the garbage.

We were at the dump. Picking stuff up. Because that's the kind of thing we (meaning Ray) do.

Just Chillin' at the Library

Eda was cold

but she forgot her jacket. So Ray lent her his.

Watching the Action

Easter

I know it was a while ago. But look how cute they are with their Easter baskets. And, no, they weren't reused from Halloween.

Eda really wanted an Easter basket. Kmart was going out of business at the end of March. We were wandering around to see if anything was actually a good deal and Eda saw Easter stuff. It wasn't on sale, since Easter hadn't happened yet. The baskets definitely weren't a good deal, so we said no, and kept wandering. Until we came to the leftover Halloween stuff. Eda grabbed a pumpkin bucket and said, "I'd be okay with this for an Easter basket." So Ray looked at the price: 29 cents each.

And they had their Easter baskets.

We have a graduate!

From kindergarten, that is. Here's the entire class:

Yep, Eda was the only kindergartner. And she did have two teachers. But she was also in class with first, second, third, fourth, and fifth graders. Which brought the number up to 12. And there weren't two teachers the entire year. There was a shakeup mid year that changed positions so technically she had each teacher for half the year. As did Ruby and Cora.

Ready to dance!

If I can figure out how, I will post a video of the girls' dance on my video blog. Right now it is telling me the file is too big, so we'll have to see if I can find the time and the means to make it smaller.

On another note, I'm finding I have a lot more pictures of Trudy than the other girls. That may have something to do with spending all day with Trudy and just the crazy-after-school time with the other girls. But, I'm making this note to myself that I should try to take more pictures of all my children.

Double-fister

All ready to go to school

Just like her sisters.

Sledding!

Trudy has decided she likes sledding. Especially the part where Mommy pulls her up the hill.

All horses need proper grooming

"Can you turn it over?"

Because dinosaurs like music, too...

She's on top of the world

It's not all it's cracked up to be.

They're getting too old

We might have to start making bigger cakes.