Thanksgiving

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, which to the young is a day of play with lots of good food, and to the older crowd means a day that we can be thankful for all that we have in our lives.
This year was very low key for us - we had Gammie over for a feast (we really do try to do low key on the food, but always seem to end up with WAY too much.)
The morning was spent watching the girls favorite shows, catching a little bit of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV and was followed by a walk around the neighborhood, where we met a lot of neighbors out doing the same, Em thought it was fun to say "Happy Thanksgiving" to those that we met. Once the girls went down for naps the turkey went into the oven and the cooking began.
During our meal, we taught Em how to put the olives on her fingers, just like every kid learns to do! We did attempt to teach Allie, but she just cried at the olives, so we gave up!







Our family hopes that your family had a wonderful thanksgiving!

When you are too small

So - back in July we bought Em a hippity hop ball after she fell in love with Madi's. Then we figured, better get another one, since we have 2 kids and god forbid they should share!

Last night I was cooking dinner and I turned around to see Allie using her's - guess she found away around being too short to hop herself!

Daylight Savings Ends...

Last night daylight savings went away so it was a VERy early start to our day. When we put Em to bed we always tell her she can't get up til the sun is awake (unless she has to peeps of course) - well today, the sun was awake at 6 am, so mom was woken with a gentle hand and a quiet Mamma...
We all had breakfast, then watched some of their shows and then headed out to run some errands - this was to keep us busy so we wouldn't have a HUGE case of the grumpies with lots of tears!! Anyway, we went to Trader Joes and then Target, where we got some cool 50% off Halloween decor. After we got home we had a nice snack and then I decided to take the kids for a walk around the block - which I had never done. We walked in the sun, Allie is still a little slow, but we had a nice time seeing all the leaves and flowers and saying hi to the neighbors :) After we got home, we went out back and played for well over an hour doing a whole lot of nothing, which was fun for all of us. We blew bubbles, went down the slide a zillion times and just loved the fresh air!






It helped to keep the girls busy, so I was able to make it til 1 (for Allie) and 2 (for Em) and now they are sleeping and I am getting a few hours of quiet - ahhhhh..

Weddings

October is always fun for us since it's our wedding anniversary, but this year it brought the wedding of a friend. We were able to attend, thanks to Gammie coming to watch the gremlins, and had a wonderful time! It was fun to hang out with good friends, eat good food and enjoy some lovely beverages!

Shelly, Marci and I at the wedding

October - Halloween & Pumpkins

This month was quite busy for our family.
Both girls and mom were sick twice - we had just cleared up the first round of sickies and then it hit again - luckily the second round was better, but still NOT fun. Dad was lucky enough to escape the cooties, but he had to put up with all of us!

We did manage to make it to the pumpkin patch one Saturday morning. The girls had a great time riding the merry go round (Em loved it, Allie screamed the whole time!) and the choo choo train! Then we were off to pick out the perfect pumpkins. Em weighed as much as her I think and Allie's was the size of an apple - okay, MAYBE a grapefruit! After the patch we stopped for a tasty meal of quesadillas and tacos as well as much need margaritas for mom and dad!!

Don't they look HAPPY???







Halloween seemed to sneak up on us this year - luckily we were prepared with costumes weeks ahead of time - and NOBODY changed their minds on what they wanted to be - the only glitch was the weather! Em's school has a parade on campus every year, so Jim brought them over and we got them dressed and took them to the parade. The girls weren't too sure about having to be around so many strangers, but Allie jumped right in and Em hung back a bit. Once they realized that they were both getting treats, they warmed up to the whole concept! We ran into Em's friend Mahika and her Mom so we were able to snap a picture of all 3 girls!

Allie as Minnie Mouse


Em as Cinderella


Mahika as a Bee, Allie as Minnie and Em as Cinderella




That evening we went trick or treating with our cousin Madi, who was a cute Devil - it was cut a bit short, due to the downpour that we got stuck in!