It’s pretty much been like Santa’s workshop around here today. I love it.

It’s Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend. We had big family dinners on Saturday & Sunday and then we had today to just relax.

Well everyone knows the Christmas season starts right after Thanksgiving, so obviously we got to work. I started the day by making almond-cherry haystacks and candied cranberries.

Then I spent most of the day working on a knitted elephant for Hannah. I had started it Saturday night and figured that, for the first bit at least, I could work on it in the open. On sunday I was just working on his head and Hannah came by and said, “oh what are you making? Is it a ball?” And I agreed, “yep, a ball.”

I started work on his trunk but that just made it look like a grey pear. And then I started work on his neck. He didn’t even have ears- he seriously looked just like a pear stuck sideways onto something, but Hannah, in the middle of a sentence to her dad, glanced over at me and squealed, “oh I think it’s gonta be an elephant! ”

Oh you do, do you, I replied and shortly took my work upstairs. I should really never assume that anything will get by that kid.

So today I did more work on that. And I pulled out a bunch of fabric for another project and picked up wool to make something for Rachel.

And then Ian spent the afternoon doing some top-secret Christmas work. And now we’re relaxing with some sugarplum spice tea. Spiked with cranberry syrup and vodka, this tea is the shizz.