Happy Thanksgiving!

All the kids were home for Thanksgiving.

 

Healing

Gyunay is doing quite well after yesterday's surgery.  The nurses dressed his turkey for sugery:

We went to Malachi's concert tonight, which Gyunay greatly enjoyed.  He made me nervous with his weaving among people with his fresh-from-surgery little arm.  

In kitchen news, I made cranberry jelly:

It tastes good, and it's really pretty.

 

Yardwork

 

I got Lydia to help me move the pavers to mark off the garden area.

I've been working on the beds some, adding leaves and compost.  

I also did some canning today.  I canned regular applesauce and something new:

That is cranberry applesauce.  I thought it would be a nice change-up, especially since it's nearly Thanksgiving.  Nathaniel bought some seconds apples, so I processed all of them into the applesauces today.

Updates and Such

The chickens are doing great.  

Years ago, I bought Lego silicone molds for a Lego birthday party.  I'm still using them pretty regularly.  These are elderberry gummies, which the younger boys absolutely love.

Here are the two Halloween pictures I couldn't get to upload earlier in the month.

And here are Acorn and Maple just looking cute:

 

October Harvest Totals

 Happy All Saints' Day!  Here are the garden totals for October:

Chicken (4 birds) - 25.6 lbs  (Our total chicken harvest for all 20 birds this fall was 112.3 lbs!)

Cucumbers - 2

Eggs - 19

Peppers, Bulgarian - 5

Pepper, Jalapeno - 1

Pumpkin, small Cinderella - 1

Tomatillos - 2.8 lbs

Tomatoes - 9

Squash, mini butternut - 1

And herbs - mint, thyme, parsley, oregano, basil

The kids enjoyed Halloween last night, as expected.  I'm trying to get a couple of pictures to upload, but having difficulty, so maybe later.