random...

Isabella holding Bailey. It's funny how different Isabella acts towards Bailey than she did with Aiden. I think it's simply because, obviously, Isabella's gotten older since I first started watching Aiden. I just remember that she didn't want to touch Aiden & really didn't like if Aiden touched her. Now she wants to hold Bailey all the time and talks to her constantly.

Checking out the first snowfall.

Wearing her new official Christmas Baking Apron. It has little candy canes & gingerbread men all over it. She loved it.

Helping mommy mash the potatoes for lefse. First, I do not have a potato masher ( my mom whipped hers, so I also whip mine). That's why Isabella is using a baking utensil for mashing potatoes. FYI: it didn't work well. Second, this was my first time making lefse by myself. I made it with my mom & sister years ago once, but my mom did all the hard stuff. Therefore, I was not prepared for how difficult & time consuming the job was. It took me a little over 4 hours to make the lefse & that was AFTER the potatoes were made, mashed, mixed, & rolled into balls. I do have to say that I made pretty good lefse. Probably not the greatest, but I was just happy people could eat it. Unfortunately, after 4 hours of work I had made just enough lefse for my mom & sister & Doug's family. I think this Christmas I will need to set aside an entire day & make at least double what I made last year. I had also planned on making spritz & krumkake, but was a little burnt out after all the other baking. Hopefully I will do that soon.