Backing up a little bit... My birthday was about a month ago and Kacey and Lu surprised me with a super cute flip-flop cake. We went to their house for dinner (on Halloween) in costume to surprise the girls. Tom was dressed as a beach goer and I was ... well, I wore a camouflage shirt and hat. I realized as I was hunting around my house for good costume clothes, that I'd left most of my non-essential clothes items in Atlanta. So I did the best I could. It was fun to get into the spirit of things, though.
It was in the 30s outside and Tom was in shorts and sandals. We went to an outdoor Halloween party in the Burgess's neighborhood that night and Tom went as you see above. Just another thing for the Swiss to shake their heads at and say, "Crazy Americans!"
Like my Halloween toe socks?
We started off the Christmas season a few days before Thanksgiving by having our 2nd annual Christmas cookie making session. We started about 9am and finished about 9 or 10pm. It was a fun day and just a little chaotic. We mixed, baked, iced and decorated to our heart's content. The kids were interested for about the first 30 minutes and then they just wanted to play and eat the finished product. We distributed them to the men's co-workers, neighbors and friends. Most of whom think American Christmas cookies are great - something you'd never find in Switzerland.
Our Christmas tree is up! Tom and I love the Christmas traditions. The Friday before Thanksgiving we scoured the stores in Fribourg and found one that had Christmas trees. We had an enjoyable evening of trimming the tree while listening to Christmas music. This tree is much better than last year's (click for picture) and was less expensive. This is a half-way done shot; finalized tree picture to be posted soon. Oh, and the curtains are up, too - Tom and I finally agreed on and purchased curtains for the living room. What do you think?
My cats don't understand that this cute little hat was made especially for them. Try as I might I couldn't get them to sit still and pose for the camera. These are the best shots - the ones where they weren't squirming out of my grasp :)
