Thanksgiving

I can't believe Thanksgiving has come and gone.  Where does the time go?  We had a great Thanksgiving.  On Thursday, we went over to Gran and Toby's house for lunch.  As always, Gran's house was already fully decorated for Christmas, and was beautiful, and the food was excellent.

The kiddos always have a great time playing on the swing.

Here is Lila with her Aunt Jana

And of course, no gathering at with this crew is complete without the Nerf guns.

I couldn't pass up getting in a photo of Scout in his Snuggie!

On Friday, we packed up and headed to Ft. Worth, where we had a second Thanksgiving with Oomma and Oompa, Billy, Mary Ellen, Hunter, Anthony and Amanda, and the Reeds.  Here is a pick of all the cousins

On Saturday, we went to Grapevine to ride the North Pole Express, which is a real train.  They put on a little Christmas program with singing and dancing before you board the train.  Lila had a blast.  She loves music, and every time they would stop, she would say "more, more".

Here we all are on the train.

Santa came too.  Lila did not care for Santa, but Aiden was ready.  Here he is showing Santa the jungle bell he brought with him.

When we got home, this guy was in our yard.  What a great way to end the holiday weekend!

November Catch-up

Where did the month go?  It seems like all of a sudden, time is flying by.  We had a busy November.  Here are some of the highlights.

Lila and her Daddy had a pepper plant.  She loved  to go out and check for peppers, and pick them, and then for some reason, she would stuff her pockets with them.

We had a little fair in our neighborhood.  Here we are at the petting zoo

But, what Lila really couldn't wait to do, was get in the Bouncy House.  She loves these things!

Oompa and Oomma came for a visit.  Lila kept Oomma busy with these silly bows.

Trick or Treat

Halloween has come and gone, and we have definetly gotten our wear out of the chicken.  Lila is not sad to see it go, but she was a good sport, and sooooo cute (and isn't that the main thing)

Lila was not really into trick-or-treating.  I am not sure if that had to do with the terrible two's, or if it is because she dislikes the chicken outfit, or if she was tired, or just didn't get it.  We went to a couple houses, and she would stand at the end of the sidewalk and yell "NOOO!". We went over to our friends'/neighbors, and all the other kids would walk right up and get their candy, and she would just cling to my leg, hollering "NOOO Mommy"(which of course made me feel like a failure as a parent.)   Then we went to a house where they had left the candy bowl on the porch, and we actually got her to go look in the bowl, and they had Dum-dums (lollipops), and she apparently knows what they are and likes them, so then she was willing to go up to the door and knock, and do the whole thing.  Then she was able to eat her "soucka" (sucker), and a green laffy taffy, and magically her whole mood changed and she was ready to party, and play with the other kids.  She has definetly had her fair share of sugar over the past few days.

Here are my personal favorite costumes:

This is our neighbor, Marin, as a slice of kiwi...love the creativity

This is our friend Mary with her daughters Kamdyn and Brinkly dressed as cupcakes

***Brinkly is only 2 1/2 weeks old, and Mary made these costumes***