Thanksgiving Weekend

Nothing better than Thanksgiving dinner with family.

Making turkey sandwiches out of leftover turkey is the best.

Leaving home at 3:15 in the morning the day after Thanksgiving to go shopping is always fun.

Writing down your December schedule can be a little overwhelming.

Putting away Thanksgiving books and pulling out Christmas books....I love all our holiday books.

Working on the perfect picture for the Christmas card....still working on that one.

Perfect Day

I think it is safe to say that Cole had the perfect birthday. We all went to see the new Harry Potter movie Friday night. On his birthday he got what he wanted most Ghostbusters action figures and a cake too.

Happy Birthday Cole

Happy 9th Birthday to my sweet Cole.

You have filled my life with more love and joy in the last 9 years than I ever thought possible. I am so proud of you and the amazing person you are becoming.

I am so blessed to be your mommy!!!

Lunch

I struggle with what to feed my kids for lunch all the time. I am trying to find the balance of healthy, good variety.....

My kids are by no means picky eaters so it should be easy but I am looking for more than just a sandwich. They both have decided that peanut butter is not their favorite anymore which is crazy how can you not like peanut butter? I know this is my fault because peanut butter sandwiches at one time was lunch at least four days a week.

Today was ham, yogurt with fruit and granola, carrots, celery with peanut butter. They loved it and asked for more of course. I guess that is my problem I now have two bottomless pits and I want to make sure good things are going into the pit!

So what do you feed your kids for lunch?

Owl Puke

"Don't forget your bag of bones" I knew there was trouble when the teacher said that as we were leaving Botanical Gardens yesterday.

So I ask Adrienne what is in your bag? She is so excited to tell me that it is rat bones. All evening I get to hear all about how the owl catches the rat but can't digest the fur and bones so it pukes it up. She shows me the skull, teeth, fur......

So now my wonderful daughter has her very own puked up rat bones and fur.

First Pocket Knife

Last weekend Jeremy took Cole to get his first pocket knife. Cole had been learning all about safety with knives in Cub Scouts and Jeremy thought he was ready. I am still waiting for him to do something crazy like jump out of a tree with it open but so far he has been very careful.

Of course now Adrienne wants to know when she can get a pocket knife.......

Family Fest

Good Food

Face Painting

A new favorite



Always a favorite is the slides.



We had a great time at Family Fest! Cole and Adrienne enjoyed spending the afternoon playing with some of their best buds.