Sugar & Spice...

Tonight, we made PIES! Apple pies - because I LOVE them! I love them so much that we actually made an extra one to dig into tonight...It's always smart to test them before you serve them, right!?! Steve, Cody, & Lindsey all helped. The kids picked out cookie cutters to decorate the ones with tops & filled all of the pies up with apples. Tomorrow we're going to Aunt Terri's house to be with my mom & her family before having Gigi, Big Daddy, Mimi, & PopPop over for pies after dinner. the kids are really excited to share their pies, show off their Indian & Pilgrim gear from school & watch the big balloons in tomorrow's parade. It should be a great day!





I loved having the kids help make the pies. My family didn't have a lot of holiday traditions. When we were little we were always driving up from KY to spend our holidays in MI. The only thing I really remember about Thanksgiving was watching the Macy's parade & waiting desperately for our cousins to get to Grandma's house. Once we moved to MI, my Dad & I always went over to my Grandma's house to help her make the pies the night before. I liked to help her & she was going to cut out the apple pies and strictly serve pumpkin...Hopefully this will be something the kids will get into every year. Here was their / our finished product!