Gobble, Gobble...

I hope that everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. We had a nice relaxing day. My mom and RT came on Wednesday evening and Kami and Corey came for lunch. We pretty much ate and played outside all day. Our neighbors little boy, Ayden, came over to play for a while.

Mom and I took the kids with us shopping yesterday and they behaved really well. It was the employees at the mall who had the attitudes. We decided to just give up and go home! I did get some decorating done on my trees though. This year I let Ethan decorate his own tree. He actually did a really good job! I have found some ornaments that my grandmother made for me over the years. I used to laugh at all of those hand made ornaments, but they now have a whole new meaning. I've loaded some pictures in the web album.

Thanksgiving Feast

Ethan's school had their Thanksgiving Feast on Monday. As you can tell by the pictures, Ethan was miserable. They had him wear a Pilgrim hat and he was not having it. Anna even tried to get him to wear it, but he wouldn't do it. Then he pouted about it. Who knows! It was not his day!

The other night I was pretending to cry so that Emerson would give me a kiss. I would close my eyes and whine. She was so funny watching and observing everything that I was doing. Then she would lean over, kiss my cheek and close her eyes and whine too! I tried to get her to do it on video, but she wouldn't cooperate. Well, she did for about a second!

Santa Claus is coming to town...

Chris and I joined Shannon and Kim in taking the kids to the Christmas parade yesterday. It was freezing out! I think it was by far the longest parade I've ever been to. It was right at two hours long. We kept asking Ethan if he was ready to go, but he HAD to see Santa. Christmas gets better and better the older he gets. He also gets smarter and smarter the older he gets. He knows that we don't have a chimney and often asks how Santa will get in our house on Christmas Eve. I don't know how long telling him that Santa comes in the house "by magic" will fly.

Christmas Pictures

I tried my best to take our Christmas card picture today. Obviously by the looks of these pictures, it didn't work out very good. It's a pain when I have a camera that does not want to cooperate and two children who do not want to wait for it to work! I have added the pictures that I was able to take. We'll try again soon!

The Leaf Jumper and The Eskimo!

Ethan and I raked up what little leaves that we have in our yard this afternoon. I don't think he has ever jumped in them and that was always a favorite childhood pastime for me! I think he had more fun raking than jumping though. After every jump, he'd rake them back up! Then we went to the backyard to crack "pecorns." Now we're watching Jack Frost while Emerson naps. Oops, spoke too soon! More pictures in the web album.

Do you think we read this book too much?

The cutest boy in the world...

Here is Ethan's school picture. Isn't he handsome? I wish I knew what that photographers trick was. Every time I try and get him to smile, he has to do a superhero pose!

Why is it that when you pull out the camera, they stop doing what they were doing? Emerson was talking and talking and singing until I tried to film her. Anyway, here is what I was able to get. She was singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider. What sweet souls my children have, huh?