The FeDibblety family

Santa train

December 19th, 2011 by robfelty

The Fedibbletys on the Santa Train

Last Saturday we went to the railroad museum for their special Santa train. It was really packed, but we didn’t have to wait in line much at all, partially because we have a membership, and we also happened to get there at a good time. We rode the train, had some hot chocolate, and Spencer got to play with the toy trains. We also got to ride a bus back and forth from the overflow parking lot, which was fun for Spencer.

: Caboose at the railroad museum

: Party car

: Trains at the railroad museum

: Stainless steel car from the Santa Fe line

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Cookies

December 14th, 2011 by robfelty

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.
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Dave and Ellen’s holiday visit

December 12th, 2011 by robfelty

Ellen and Meg are happy to be together

Dave and Ellen came out to visit this past weekend. We had a really great time. We bought a tree and decorated it, made cookies, and played a bunch with the kids. It was a sad farewell when they had to leave. Spencer gave Ellen and Dave each a car from the Cars set he had just gotten. I continue to be amazed by Spencer’s willingness to share.
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Christmas Pageant

December 12th, 2011 by robfelty

Spencer with Santa Claus

Today was Spencer’s Christmas Pageant at school. It was quite nice. Each class sang several songs. The Toddler 2′s all started stomping their feet because they thought it was neat that the bleachers made noise. Spencer’s pre-school class sang several songs. For some reason, Spencer didn’t really participate, except for one song, based off of “five little monkeys jumping on the bed”. So here is a video of that. He also sat on Santa’s lap, and asked him for candy – which he got immediately – a candy cane.

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Bathtime and teeth

December 7th, 2011 by robfelty

Meg showing off her two bottom teeth

Meg has been thoroughly enjoying baths lately, and Spencer usually likes them too. We recently snapped a few photos of them in the tub. We also got a couple nice pictures of Meg’s new teeth. Her two bottom teeth started coming in around the beginning of November, and they seem like they are all the way through now. It was nice that they both came at the same time. We think the top teeth will be coming soon.

A note for the history books – it’s not a good idea to flush scissors down the toilet. (Thanks a lot Spencer)