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Yes, I realize it’s almost Thanksgiving, but better late than never, right?

Here are some pictures of the girls (and friend, S) in their costumes.  Well, first are a few pictures of a hot dog costume.  One of the moms in group bought it for their dog, and the costume was too big.  So she ‘donated’ it to group.  No one took it, so we put it on one of my mom’s puppies (who looks seriously displeased with that decision).  We strapped it on Tailynn, too, just to see how it looked.  Maybe next year she’ll be a hot dog!

Tailynn was (obviously) a lion.  Hennessey was a pirate.  Sorta.  She had on the bandanna, a white onesie with a kitty-pirate glitter skull and crossbones, and a red and black tutu.  Very “pirate-ish,” right?  Isn’t that what little baby pirates  wore?  I was going to try and rig a parrot to her shoulder, but sadly didn’t get that far.  I couldn’t find the right size parrot.  Enjoy!

1) We highly recommend the Fromage Fort that Alton Brown had in one of his episode entitled “Say Cheese.”  We had a variety of about six different kinds of cheese and it was like heaven on a cracker.  We used Gruyere, Gouda, Edam, Havarti, Sharp Cheddar, and a general unnamed white farmer’s cheese.  Mmmmm-mmm!  Tailynn, a usual conessiour of cheese, was up for a taste, which was promptly decleared gross, and was spit back out.  Must’ve been the wine…

2) Hennessey still has no teeth, but she’s getting there!  She HAS been sleeping a lot of hours at night, though, which has been a great break.  I think some crawling may be on the horizon soon, too.

3) Deep fryer is busted, so we cannot partake of the wonders of a fried turkey this year.  I’ve still got one thing to try on it, but I’m not real hopeful.

4) Tailynn is lil’ miss “No! I do it!!” these days.  In the car, out of the car, pulling panties up….you name it, she wants to do it herself!  Thankfully she DOES successfully do most things by herself!

Hmmm….that’s all for now.  Still haven’t downloaded pictures recently, so keep an eye out!

We are back up and running! Pictures and stories to follow in the next few days!!