Good morning everyone! I hope that you all had a good week and that you enjoyed your holiday, if you celebrate. This morning I woke up to snow, which always makes me happy. I have a cup of coffee at my side, a cat next to me, and my guys are spread out over the den, Wyatt on the floor playing, and Billy on the sofa watching reels.

This week was our hygge week here. Wyatt and I had were taking it slow, just reading and doing art projects and baking. Some of that was more slow for Wyatt than me, but we had a very good week together.

Monday was mostly a reading day, which was amazing. I finished my book, A Fellowship of Bakers and Magic, and started a new one. I also finished my embroidery project that I was making for Wyatt. It came in a pack of three that were supposed to be all foxes, but Wyatt and I think it looks more like a wolf, one of his favorite animals.

Tuesday was all art projects.

First though, we had to gather pinecones! We went to a local park and scooted around under trees collecting pinecones that we thought looked perfect for our ornament project that I had planned. Once our pockets were full, we headed back home to get to crafting. Billy had made a quick template for us, then we cut out a few more, then Wyatt painted them in Christmas elf colors. Next he dribbled glitter glue over the pinecones and chose the color antennae. Then it was my turn. I had to wield the hot glue gun to get those pinecones to stay and to glue them sandwiched shut – and I burnt my fingers more than once! Once this was finished and everything was dry, Wyatt added the little happy faces, I turned it into an ornament, and voila! Done. Wyatt made one for each of his cousins, since as a homeschool kid he does not have a Secret Santa shop. I think these are cute and I think the girls will all like them. (he has four girl cousins!)

That wasn’t all though! It was the week of Thanksgiving after all, and he needed to do a classic, traditional type Thanksgiving project, right? So, he painted a mosaic turkey! I laid out the grid of blue painters tape, he painted the shapes, and when it dried we carefully peeled the tape off, added the face, and there was his little turkey. I actually really really love how it turned out.

These literally took all day, but it was a great time and I think he did a great job.

Wednesday Billy took the day off! He has worked like a beast the past two weeks and we have barely seen him, so we loved having him home with us! I had to bake pies for Thanksgiving, but before I got down to baking, we met my cousin and his girls for a little used book store shopping. We found some good deals, and Wyatt and Billy found a fun little reading fort where they shared a cookie.

After browsing and buying, we went home where I began my baking. My goal was three Nantucket Cranberry pies, and Billy had to work on his sourdough bread as well. I got to work, whipped out three pies, and then…noticed they looked weird. And then I tasted one. It tasted weird. Something had gone very wrong! So off to grocery store Billy went for more ingredients so I could start all over again. I finally finished at 9 that night, with much better pies this time around. And the problem with the first ones? I totally forgot the sugar!

Thursday – Thanksgiving! We finished up our food assignments that we were supposed to take with us, and headed to my brother’s house, where we ate way too much food, and talked and played and laughed. I spent a good deal of time with my nieces Mermaid Girl and the Hurricane, before we went to location number two, Billy’s family’s house, for dessert. I also hung out my two nieces there, Penguin and Flamingo. (lol I wish those were there real names! Ok I actually don’t because they have beautiful names but calling them that on here cracks me up).

I didn’t take a single photo yesterday. I was just in the moment and visiting and today? Today I am happy to be sitting here with my little family, snug in our house while the snow falls outside, our animals peaceful, with Miso purring next to me, and it is a perfect ending to this week that we have had.