November 26 is Thanksgiving. www.biquge.info My family drove to my husband's hometown ---of Richey in Montana at 12 noon on November 25 at 12 noon, and arrived at my husband's second brother Ken's house at 10 p.m. that night. The next day, Ken and her husband started to prepare a Thanksgiving meal at home early in the morning, because this year's Thanksgiving, the five brothers and sisters were going to gather at Ken's house.

THIS IS A LARGE PLATE OF BREAD OF VARIOUS FLAVORS, ADD CHOPPED ONIONS AND CELERY AND SPICES, POUR IN CHICKEN BROTH AND STIR, PUT IT IN THE SLOWCOOKER (THAT IS, THE CERAMIC RICE COOKER WE USE IN Chinese), AND SIMMER FOR 5 OR 6 HOURS UNTIL IT BECOMES PUREED.

This is Ken's apple pie, and our family thinks it's delicious, it's just a little sweet.

This is Ken's sword bean (also called green bean) with cheese on top

Freshly baked roast beef

The freshly baked roast turkey was roasted for 6 hours, and the skin was charred and tender, which was particularly delicious. Before roasting, Ken smeared the turkey with salt, pepper, sauce and other seasonings inside and out

This is Ham, according to Ken, who is supposed to be a ham made from the hind leg meat of a pig, similar to the Chinese hoof, but without the bones. Also baked for 5, 6 hours

This is Bob making mashed potatoes. It's a laborious task, washing about 20 potatoes, peeling them one by one, cutting them into pieces, putting them in a pot and boiling them until they're cooked through, and then mashing them into a puree. Add some more cheese and milk and mix again.

Finally, prepare the juice poured over the mashed potatoes, mix it with salt, pepper, sauce, etc., and water, and then put it in a pan and fry it hot.

Ken also prepared some snacks

The eldest sister, Susan, cuts beef, next to her son

Second sister Keren cut turkey

Cut Ham again, it was the hoof, and the four young people next to him drooled! We were all hungry! Ken told us not to eat at noon, and wait until 5 p.m. for a big meal!

I, the photographer, also swallowed saliva and took pictures at the same time, so I couldn't help it, so I stole two mouthfuls of turkey to eat, it was really delicious!

Ken brought out a shiny new set of cutlery for everyone to use

It's the two sisters who make desserts, walnuts and peanuts, and pumpkin pie etc

Finally, everything is ready, Ken gives an order, and is ready to eat! Uncle Ken said, let's start with Katie! My daughter is so happy, Uncle Ken is always very partial to her! My daughter looks at so many delicious things, and I don't know what to choose! Looking at Bob's eyes, I guess I only swallow saliva in the back

Like a buffet, everyone eats their own food, no time limit, no quantity, and it's free!

My daughter said that every dish was delicious!

This little couple is the second daughter and son-in-law of our eldest sister who attended the wedding in July this year

Everyone finished eating in half an hour, and everyone was smiling! When everyone left, Ken also packed some food for them to take away.

It was a Christmas present for their daughter the next morning, Ken and Rick, two uncles. My eyes were red when I saw it, and I asked with jealousy, "Why are all three gifts for you?" and one for each of us?" The daughter smiled proudly and said confidently, "Of course they are all gifts for me, and all of them have my name written on them. My husband and I would send us a shopping card from the building materials supermarket and let us buy a set of tables and chairs for the barbecue area.

At 7:45 a.m. this Wednesday morning, my daughter and I walked to her school. In fact, my daughter has been on vacation since Wednesday and will not attend classes until the following Monday, but the teachers are still working at the school. But today I was invited to volunteer at the school's bookfair, and in the United States, children under the age of 12 are not allowed to stay home alone, so I had to take her with me. The book fair started last Friday and ended at 1pm today. My working hours are from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesdays, and my job is to help Lisa collect money and help the children choose books. It's a tool called PTO (Parents

TeachersOrganization) is a non-profit organization that holds book fairs for children in schools in March and October each year.

When I arrived at school, I was probably a little early, and I didn't see a few people. But Jean, the principal, was there, and she told me that Lisa, who was in charge of the book fair, would come in a little while, and asked me to go to the bookfair classroom and wait for a while. So my daughter took me to the book fair first, but before the door opened, a teacher on the other side knew that I was a volunteer, so he enthusiastically opened the door and let my daughter and me in.

Then we hung up the ornaments together, and the old gentleman put the stars

Turn on the lights on the Christmas tree (taken with a flash)

I didn't shoot it with a flash

Mr. Bob also took the trouble to hang three red boots on the wall, saying that Santa Claus was going to put the gifts for the three of us here, and told his daughter to put our names on the three red boots. Hmph, what about coaxing children to play?

I put a red bow on the door of the two bedrooms

The old gentleman finally said, "When we are free, we will hang the lights around our house."

The classrooms are beautifully furnished, clean and tidy. Colourful books are arranged in an orderly manner according to different age groups and placed on a relatively low counter for children to read. Before anyone came, my daughter and I took a few pictures.

In the other corner of the classroom, there are also learning utensils and colorful stickers. It feels similar to a children's bookstore in China.

About 5 minutes later, Lisa came with her daughter, Lily, who was a year younger than mine. At this time, the number of parents and students who come to see and buy books is gradually increasing. I'm in charge of counting the money, and Lisa is in charge of collecting the money. Americans are very interesting, spending a dozen dollars, twenty dollars to write a check or use a credit card. Quite a few people carry a thick checkbook with them. They generally rarely carry cash with them. Lisa also went out of her way to give away a free book for each teacher at the school who asked for them. Then let Lily and my daughter find each book according to the list she wrote, so that the 2 children would not get bored. During this period, many parents were willing to buy a book for their child's teacher while buying books for their children, so Lisa removed the books that parents bought for teachers from her list of free gifts. The children then put a label on the book they bought for the teacher, indicating which teacher and which student gave it to them. Lisa then asked the children if they would deliver the books to the teacher's mailbox themselves, or could we do it for them?

At about 10 o'clock, Lisa saw 2 little volunteers find all the books for the teacher, remove some of the books that parents bought, put labels, write personal information, and then ask 2 little volunteers to send all the donated books to each teacher's mailbox. Immediately afterwards, I selected some books to donate to the school library, and asked the two little ones to send to the dean of students. The daughter said happily, Mom, today the two of us are also volunteers. The two children are very proud! I admire Lisa for teaching her children well, and arranging the children to be busy and happy.

I, Lisa and her daughter Lily

By 11 o'clock when I left, Lisa said that within three hours, we had sold about 300 to 400 quick money of books! I thought that if the students were not in class today, there might not be many people coming!

From spring to summer in Minnesota, many homes will Garagesale or Yardsale. I remember writing about this kind of article in my blog last year, when I bought some books for my eldest daughter, and was strongly opposed by BOB, and the old gentleman was so good-looking that people almost jumped up and said, "Our family won't go to that kind of place to buy this garbage and come back!" The tadpole's mother almost had a crooked nose, and she dared to say that his wife bought garbage? Later, in the later stage of pregnancy, when the tadpole's room was arranged, my husband resolutely refused to buy second-hand goods! The money spent almost didn't make the tadpole's mother feel distressed to death! After the tadpole was born this year, the tadpole's mother went through a bloody battle, laid out the facts, reasoned, and lobbied Mr. BOB N many times, coerced and lured, and used both soft and hard, and finally made the devil surrender and agreed to buy things for the tadpole in Garagesale!! To achieve such a big achievement, you have to show off and satisfy the vanity of the tadpole mother, right? Today I will put pictures of toys first, and then there will be books, clothes, and so on. They were all bought at a neighbor's house in our community.

It's a toy like an electronic keyboard, and there are several kinds of music, and now tadpoles can listen to it. It's basically new, $2

There are also 6 kinds of music in this one, the blue button on the left hand is the music of the day, the right hand button is the music for sleeping, and the button on the bottom of the left foot is the switch. This one was given to tadpole by neighbor Amy, and it was her son's favorite. Now tadpoles can also listen

This is a small chair, and the tadpole can sit next year, and the book is open on the table. Because it's newer, it's a little more expensive, $10

This is an automatic trolley that can be driven by inserting a key, as well as a steering wheel. $3. 1-year-old children can play around with it

Everything on it can be moved, or there is music. Remove the top and sit on the bottom as a stool. $2

By pressing the button on the front, the door can be opened, accompanied by beautiful music. $2

Here are a few wooden toys. I remember seeing it in a shopping mall in the country. Each is $1

This one hasn't been demolished, it's brand new

Wooden trains

This is a toddler slide. WHEN I BOUGHT IT BACK, BOB SAID, "I DON'T LIKE PLASTIC ONES." I said, don't be so sentimental, this isn't a slide for you! This one is almost new, so it's more expensive, $25

This is a pink castle brick, $5

Open inside

It's also a building block, stuffed through the hole. $1

This is a whiteboard, and the 2 buckets are filled with letters and numbers. Can be folded as a table. $5

This is the dresser that my mother bought for tadpoles. $10

Here are the puzzle pieces, no less than one piece. Each is $0.25. I especially like this pink box (to be continued. )