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Dealing with the nervousness by staying busy; scraping the old paint off the house, re-screening the windows, knitting mittens and mini sweater ornaments, and seasonal baking for the kids. On Friday we walked down to the town Christmas parade. This year everyone booed the decorated tow truck, the football team forgot their haka, the people handing out candy were dressed as Ghostbuster Mario & Luigi, and the animal rescue group dressed all the dogs in light-up skirts. Quality small town content.

The tree went up

Without the help of the teenager

Turtle pie, from the Perfect Pie . This one is a winner.

Droopy wants to crack all those lights like pistachios with his teeth

Our Mittens Mean Death (pattern here)

Mini sweater for Lili. I don’t use a pattern for these, I just make them up as I go, but there are lots of good ones on Ravelry.

We are in the “you have to make it look worse to make it look better” stage of things

Christmas parade-goers 

Once the tree is up, the first box of chocolates is opened

Lilikoi is barely a kitten anymore, but she still makes biscuits like one

Gingerbread cake, from the Perfect Cake

Pre-op appointments and ultrasound results today.