Merry Christmas!

Thrilled to Meet Santa

Ogden joined toddlers around the world in a moment of dismay as we cheerfully plopped him down on some old guy's lap and snapped a few photos. He's been getting more into the Holiday spirit though, now that I pulled out his stocking and explained how Santa will fill it with candy and toys.

Gobble, gobble

After picking up Uncle Dave from the airport, we headed straight to Los Poblanos for the 2nd annual turkey 'harvest'. Og picked out a mighty hen, and then supervised as Dave and Dad 'processed' her.

She cooked up real nice. We headed over to the Else's house for Thanksgiving dinner with the Sullivan-Overgaards (along with a special appearance by Seba). Mom and Sidsel outdid themselves in the side dish preparation. Then during dinner Uncle Dave regaled us all in the true meaning of Thanksgiving as a celebration of Capitalism.

Og the Baker

Under the tuteledge of master-baker Mom, Oggie has honed his bread-baking skills. Here are some shots of his first masterpiece; mixed, kneaded, formed and baked by Og himself. The proof was, as you can see, in the eating.

Happy Halloween!

So, Og had his first Jack-o-lantern carving experience! He was a bit apprehensive of all the wierd pumpkin innards, but he liked helping Mom draw out the face. After getting that squared away, Og slipped into his Halloween costume--a chicken...what else?!--and partied the night away with Puff the Dragon (aka Ezekiel). There was plenty of high fructose corn syrup for everyone!

Back Home

We landed back home in time for the (post-)Harvest Festival at Los Poblanos Organics, south valley unit. After listening to some tunes by 3 String Bale in the beer garden and checking out the ponies, we headed to the pumpkin patch for yet another photo op.

Austin Pumpkin Patch

After our snowy adventure to the north, we headed south to Texas. Here are some shots of Oggie with pals Bella and Ellie Bay at the St. Richard's pumpkin patch in Round Rock.