Thursday, November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving 2010






Thanksgiving was a bit different for our family, as we decided to stay in Michigan this year. Despite it being just the five of us, I decided to make the full spread of food. Everything turned out good other than my soggy green bean casserole. I learned the hard way not to cover them. I forgot that the kids would barely eat, so boy did we have a lot of leftovers!

The highlight of the day was the skit the girls put on for us. Both of the girls' classes at school did a great job teaching them all about the pilgrims and the indians. They even made costumes. Kianna's class made indian costumes and Kaylee's class made both pilgrim and indian costumes. On Thanksgiving Day, Kaylee dressed up as a pilgrim and Kianna as an indian. They recreated the original Thanksgiving Day for us. Kianna the Indian, built a fort, while Kaylee got in a boat and sailed across the ocean, pushed by Trace, in our ottoman on wheels. The girls even sang us a few songs. It was adorable to watch, what precious memories!

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Two Hands

Kaylee turned six and we realized that she can no longer count her age on ONE hand, but it now takes TWO hands. That's a pretty big deal when you're little! Kaylee is really starting to grow up. In the past few months, she has learned to tie her shoelaces, ride her bike without training wheels, and read. So many milestones in such a short time! Kaylee LOVES school. She especially enjoys playing with friends, writing, reading, coloring, drawing, making crafts, swimming, and jumping on the trampoline.

On her birthday, Kaylee decided she wanted me to make her favorite pasta dish which amazingly is NOT macaroni and cheese. Yeah! She also wanted to go bowling, which was fun for about two frames and then it got a little crazy. It was Trace's first time bowling and he thought it was pretty fun initially, but didn't like to take turns too much. Needless to say, we didn't quite finish one game before having to head home...

On Saturday, Kaylee invited six of her girlfriends over for her Littlest Pet Shop party. The girls had a great time playing games, jumping on the trampoline, getting their faces painted, opening presents, and eating cake. Lots of fun memories made. The favorite game of the day was pin the tail on the monkey. Lots of giggling girls during that game! Especially as one of the girls pinned the tail on ME...

Kaylee's big gift this year was a Barbie Doll House. She started asking for one last year, so she was pretty thrilled to see it all setup in her room. I must admit that Kianna was pretty excited too! The benefits of having siblings close in age. Kaylee also got lots of craft projects, several new Barbies, and lots of money. She has her eye on a Nintendo DSi XL for Christmas, so is saving her money. We'll see what Christmas brings...

Monday, November 8, 2010

Weekend with The Hodgins




Our friends, The Hodgins, came to visit us this weekend. They have three kids our kids' ages. The girls were thrilled to have their friends come visit and both said that they wish Maddie and Christian were their sister and brother. It was a fun weekend spent visiting, watching "Toy Story 3" and football, swimming, going to the park, playing "Settlers of Catan", and jumping on the trampoline. Thanks for a fun weekend Hodgins family!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Oops...

I just experienced my first boy potty training "oops". Apparently, Trace's little guy didn't get tucked down properly because I looked over and he had urine running down his face, hair, and clothes. Before I could stop him I caught him licking it off his hands...

Proud Mommy