Thanksgiving 2011

The week of Thanksgiving we kept ourselves busy by making {and eating} turkey cookies.  Nothing fancy, just the pre-made ones, but Brynn still loved making them.  And that's what counts, right?

 See those little hands down there?  Little brother wanted to help!

 There he is!

{And he was totally disrespecting the bird by wearing his Christmas jammies 

BEFORE Thanksgiving!  But they are so cute and warm!!}

 And the best part of making cookies is eating them!

 Yummy!

And we made some turkeys out of toilet paper rolls and hand prints.

{Brynn's turkey is on the left and Evan's on the right}

We hope you all had a wonderful day filled with family, friends, good food and turkey!  Christmas is around the corner...are you ready??  I'm pretty sure once December hits the month is going to fly by!

Painting the sidewalk and friends

I made some sidewalk chalk paint last week and let Brynn go to town out front!  She had a blast painting the ground all the different colors and Evan even got in on the action a little.

 Gettin' started

 Hard at work

 Painting Evan's feet...he wasn't so sure

 The finished product

Walking around showing me her masterpiece

"No Mommy, I didn't put the paintbrush in my mouth!" :)

And Evan finally figured out the whole 

crawling thing about 2 weeks ago.

He moves at lightning speed now! 

Our friends, Rob and Heather, were in from Texas last week.  Their son, RJ, is exactly a week older than Evan.  They came over so the kids could play {and we could visit} and it was funny watching Evan with someone his own size!  Almost like he wasn't quite sure what to do...he tried crawling over him, grabbing his face, and taking his toys.  They figured it out eventually and seemed to enjoy the same sized company!  And Brynnee adored playing with Charlotte- who helped her make soup, spaghetti, vegetables, picnic lunches and breakfast in her kitchen.  Good times with good people- it's a pity they live so far away!!!

The boys helping in the kitchen

An Irish Blessing

Our little wee ones in their St. Patty's day attire!

"May God grant you always...A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you.  Laughter to cheer you.  Faithful friends near you.  And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you."

Brynn thought it was funny that her hands were all green from finger painting.

Hope everyone enjoys their St. Patrick's day!

Happy Turkey Day!

Hopefully everyone didn't stuff themselves too full this Thanksgiving!  We sure came close with Thanksgiving dinner over at Gay's house; everything was delicious.  We are so thankful for all of our wonderful family and friends!

My favorite people...I have so much to be thankful for!!

Brynn's turkey...the body is her footprint and the feathers are her hand prints. She walks up to him hanging on the fridge and says "Gobba Gobba Gobb"!  So cute!

The Christmas season is officially upon us.  I love Christmastime, but it is such a busy time of year with so much to do and I don't think I'm quite ready for that!

Spooky spider

Brynn made this spider about a week ago and while I would like to say she enjoyed making him...she didn't.  She didn't like me brushing the paint on her hands or me pressing her fingers and palms on the paper.  She did, however, like the outcome.  And she carried him around for a bit after nap and will point to him on the refrigerator and say "Me"...she is so amazed that she made him.  She did like the regular old finger painting that followed though.  Are you ready for Halloween?