a Boy called Troy

In the Kitchen

It is no secret...spending the holidays at Gramma's house mean you will be well fed! This is a time when Gramma makes all the traditional (aka totally bad for you and completely delicious) goodies. She even let Troy and Simon "help" her!

Troy called Gramma's pantry "RITZ"...as it housed his favorite snack

Stretching the Retach dough (Retach is a Hungarian strudel)

More stretching

Putting on the potatoes (or TOPE as Troy calls them)

Adding the bacon

and then rollllllllling it up

Troy was on clean-up duty

Buttering the pan

Time for a taste-test!

Is this enough cinnamon on the apple pie, Gramma?

I'll taste it to make sure

Gramma...it is perfect!

Tasting noodles with Papa

Cutting the noodles for soup

Oh Gingerbread man...I cannot save you...for you are too yummy

Yup...definitely yummy

Hmmmm....I might just need stretchier pants....

Indoor Pursuits

As mentioned, the weather did not always allow for outside time. But that didn't mean we didn't get lots of playtime! There was always something to do or someone to play with. Troy's vocabulary really grew over the holidays. He chattered all day long. He even woke up talking (usually asking for Gramma and Papa...his favorite playmates!). He also surprised us one afternoon when he was stacking his blocks and counted from 1 - 9.!

Crafting with Gramma

Colouring our caterpillar

Daddy built me a robot. This robot has been in Mommy's family for over 20 years...
and every grandchild has enjoyed (or been terrified of) it. So, this year it was my turn.

I wasn't scared...I liked it!

Colouring with Gramma

Making myself at home

"Gruff-ing" with Gramma before bedtime

Outside!!

We had a chance to experience a wide range of weather in Taber. From arriving in a snowstorm amid frigid temperatures to being blown away by warm chinook winds...we spent most of our time indoors. However, we did take every opportunity (as few as they were) to get out on the gulley.

Can we go outside yet??
(note: that buffalo is not real...otherwise we would NEVER have gone outside)

Enjoying a crisp, clear day

Me and my shadow...er...Sammy

Daddy and me on the Gulley

Gramma joined us too! (Her knee is healing really well)

I should put some of these rocks in my pocket so I don't blow away!

C'mon Sam...let's go see what's over there...

Me and Papa exploring

Hanging out with the boys

All this fresh air has made me hungry....for one of Gramma's cookies!

Holly Jolly Christmas

We're back!! We had so much fun celebrating the holiday season with family in Alberta. I will let the photos tell the story :) I had to split up the photos into several posts...so better get yourself some snacks and settle in!