christmas season kick-off

 We headed to our favorite outdoor shopping mall for a special Christmas event. When we arrived we got to go see Santa and Mrs. Claus.  Both Brother and I were pretty excited about this opportunity.

 Santa wanted to make sure that Sister was in the picture too, so he had Mommy and Daddy join in a picture too.

 Santa's sleigh was a golden photo op we could not resist!

 Being silly with my Poppy in front of the giant tree

 Being silly with Uncle Charlie while we listened to the singers.

 Brother was pretty entranced by all the singers.

 Mommy had participated in a promotion earlier in the month and was the grand prize winner! She won a trip to Naples, FL. They presented her with her prize before lighting the giant tree. I really wanted to go up on stage and Mommy was more than happy to have me join her.

  I was excited to go show my friends and family our winnings!

very thankful

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We started our day with a brunch at our dear family friends house, and boy, was the food delicious!

 Next, we went back to Kami and Poppy's house. I supervised while Poppy made an erector set truck for me to play with.

 After going home for lunch and a nap (by Brother, I was too excited to actually sleep!) I got decked out in my Thanksgiving feast attire from preschool. All ready to feast!

 Guess who was able to join us for Thanksgiving?  Uncle Charlie came and I was SO excited to see him!

We went outside to play a little football before dinner.

We had a great day and we have SO much to be thankful for!

november happenings

This month we have been slowing down around here a little, mostly because Mommy is getting bigger and bigger!  Baby sister is getting ready to come at Christmas time and I can't wait!

 Poppy joined us at HD for the monthly project.  He helped me make a picture frame that I decorated with Christmas stickers!

 We have all been raking a LOT of leaves in our yard.  We love a good leaf pile to jump and play in.

 I enjoy surprising Brother with a pile of leaves on his head!

We are also into being "workers" and making things out of the cushions of the sofa. I think Mommy would like it if we did more productive things when we were workers, like clean up our toys, but that would be no fun at all!

friday fun night- pumpkin carving edition

I have been looking forward to carving our pumpkin for a while now. I knew exactly what I wanted the face to look like too- triangle eyes, square nose and a smile mouth with one tooth (since brother is one).

 We took turns scooping out the yucky slimy insides. I was not interested in touching that stuff with my hands!

 Then Daddy drew the face on the pumpkin to my specifications.

 Next I helped Mommy carve out the pieces and then we had our masterpiece!

These are the little pumpkins that we painted a while ago.  I painted the first one for Brother, the second one Mommy made for Daddy, the middle is mine, I painted the 4th one red and Mommy added the G and dots and the last one is for sister. Our soon to be family of 5!