The FeDibblety family » photos http://blog.fedibblety.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:43:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cookies http://blog.fedibblety.com/2011/12/cookies/ http://blog.fedibblety.com/2011/12/cookies/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:11:43 +0000 robfelty http://blog.fedibblety.com/?p=3505 Cookie tray - spritz, peppernuts, and cut-out cookies

Cookie tray - spritz, peppernuts, and cut-out cookies

This past weekend we made Christmas cookies. We did a gender stereotype reversal – Clare, Ellen, and Meg went to get a christmas tree, while Dave, Spencer, and I stayed home to make cookies. Spencer was much more helpful than I had imagined, and he stayed on task until we finished the cookies. Saturday we made Spritz cookies. It had been a long time since I had made them, so I was little bit out of practice. The dough was a bit too stiff, which made pumping it out of the cookie press difficult. I saw in the instructions that one can add an egg yolk to remedy this, which helped quite a bit. My other mistake was that it seemed that instead of gel food coloring, we had decorating gel, so the cookies were not very green. Oh well. Spencer helped me make the dough, press the cookies, and sprinkle them. I made peppernuts by myself while the kids were napping, and then later made up the cut-out cookie dough to refrigerate overnight.

The cut-out cookie dough also seemed a bit stiff, even though I decreased the amount of flour. I’m still getting used to baking in a dry climate. I couldn’t get the cookies rolled out quite as thin as my mom does. Maybe next year I will be in better practice. After we finished the cut-out cookies, Spencer helped me deliver some cookies to the neighbors.

Spencer ready to mix Rob is ready to bake Spencer helping Rob with the mixer Spencer watching the mixer work Spencer helps pump out the spritz cookies Finished spritz cookies Spritz cookies More spritz cookies Grandpa helps Spencer Bakers in their aprons Spencer is ready to help make cookies Checking out the dough Rob cuts out the cookies Spencer decorates the cookies Spencer sprinkling Finished cut-out cookies Spencer and Dave decorating ]]> http://blog.fedibblety.com/2011/12/cookies/feed/ 0 IMG_0264-1 Pumpkins http://blog.fedibblety.com/2011/10/pumpkins/ http://blog.fedibblety.com/2011/10/pumpkins/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:41:29 +0000 robfelty http://blog.fedibblety.com/?p=3445 Meg and Rob by the giant pumpkin we grew

Meg and Rob by the giant pumpkin we grew

Clare recently bought a new onesie for Meg with some pumpkins on it, and the text “daddy’s little pumpkin”, which pleased me, since she has lots of “i love mommy” shirts, but not many shirts with “daddy” on them. Clare put that on Meg this morning, and I got the great idea of taking a picture of Meg with the giant pumpkin that we grew in the garden this year. Not only did Meg’s shirt match the pumpkin, but I thought it would also be a good indication of how big the pumpkin is. We probably could have gotten it bigger, but we didn’t try too hard. Clare had originally suggested that growing a pumpkin could be fun. When I went to buy plants, the only one I could find was a giant pumpkin, so I bought it. It got quite big very quickly. It probably would have gotten bigger had I watered it more and given it more fertilizer, but I wasn’t really interested in having a 1000 pound pumpkin. It is probably about 100 pounds. I didn’t weigh it.
Rob and Meg with the giant pumpkin

Rob and Meg with the giant pumpkin

]]> http://blog.fedibblety.com/2011/10/pumpkins/feed/ 1 IMG_5500 IMG_5499 Phun in Phoenix http://blog.fedibblety.com/2011/10/phun-in-phoenix/ http://blog.fedibblety.com/2011/10/phun-in-phoenix/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:40:08 +0000 robfelty http://blog.fedibblety.com/?p=3401 Spencer playing on the digger

Spencer playing on the digger

In September we went out to Arizona to visit the Grandparents Dibble. We thought it would be a good time to go out and enjoy their pool before it got too cold. Well, it was still 100 F or so, but it wasn’t too bad. The pool felt really great. While we were booking our flight, I asked if we should rent a car, since there are four of us now, and we wouldn’t all fit in one vehicle. They said not to worry about it. They would figure it out. At some point it occurred to me that they might pick us up from the airport in the RV, and sure enough – that’s what they did! Spencer was so excited to play in the RV. We probably spent about half the time there sitting in the driveway, playing with all the cool features of the RV.
Cactus in front yard

Cactus in front yard


It turns out that we weren’t the only ones from our neighborhood who had the idea to go enjoy a pool in Arizona. Rick, Alisa, and Tao from around the block were there too, visiting Alisa’s brother. So we spent one afternoon enjoying their pool. We also took a trip to the olive oil farm in the area, and we visited Shutterfly. Driving around in the RV was about the only way we could get the kids to nap, so that worked out well. It just so happens that the olive oil factory was expanding, and they had some diggers to look at, which Spencer enjoyed. And the Shutterfly tour included watching a forklift in action, which was also very stimulating for Spencer.

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The Fedibbletys sitting down 2

Two weeks ago we got formal pictures taken at JCPenney. Although I have kind of poo-pooed formal pictures in favor of candid ones, I decided it would be nice to have some nice pictures of all four of us, since all our previous efforts at doing so have failed. I think they did a very nice job.

The fedibbletys 1 The Fedibbletys sitting down 1 Spencer holding Meg Meg on Spencer's back Meg crawling Meg in crawling position Spencer trying to kiss Meg serious Spencer Spencer with his favorite lunchbox Spencer up close Meg up close Rob and Clare Meg standing up Meg sitting down Meg on her tummy Meg up close Spencer Spencer holding Meg Clare and Meg Clare holding Meg up Clare and Meg ]]> http://blog.fedibblety.com/2011/10/formal-fedibblety-fotos/feed/ 0 P3 Megasaurus http://blog.fedibblety.com/2011/08/megasaurus/ http://blog.fedibblety.com/2011/08/megasaurus/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:01:15 +0000 robfelty http://blog.fedibblety.com/?p=3305 Megasaurus

Megasaurus

I recently was looking through Meg’s clothes and came across the dinosaur outfit that Spencer had worn when he was about this age, and decided to see if it would still fit Meg. It fit quite well, and Meg was just as cute in it as Spencer. Unlike Spencer, she didn’t seem to mind wearing it quite as much. We even sent her to school in it one day, which her teachers thought was cute.
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