Turkey Day Weekend

A few days before Thanksgiving, Kyle broke out the giant teepee for the kids to play in.  He moved all the furniture out of the room and the kids (and Kyle) had fun in the teepee. 

 

On Thursday we woke up to the annual viewing of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.  Evangeline always gets super excited when Santa brings in the Christmas season!  Here she is poised with her camera ready to take his picture.  Jed loved watching it this year as well.  

It was a small, but fun Thanksgiving celebration at the Hutson's.  We ate ate ate and watched football.  That evening we went to Peggy's for more!!  

Jed got his bath while I made a persimmon pudding.  I just love that Jed in the sink.  

Before his bath he kept walking through the kitchen asking to take a bite of the butter.  I kept telling him no, but the temptation must have over taken him because sure enough I found a tiny little set of teeth marks in it.  What a stinker....

We spent Saturday at the day at the farm.  

Evangeline helped her grandpa make the Brussel sprouts and the gravy.  I was having lots of flashbacks of Daddy giving me cooking lessons growing up.  

Jed and Cale stopped playing just long enough for some persimmon pudding....



And I got to snuggle with this little lump of sugar...

We brought some toys for the boys to have at Grandpa's house.  A few of them had never been opened from Jed's birthday.  They checked out the toys for about 2 seconds then when back to their favorite things to play with at Grandpa's house...his produce and garden baskets.  Here is a picture of the "Squash Brothers" in action...

 It was a beautiful day for a walk. 

Haha!  Every time we try to get a picture of all four of them....lots of laughs!

Lots to be thankful for, indeed. 

Turkey Trot

Just when I think I couldn't be more amazed by Evangeline she goes an wins another contest.  Everyone at North School had to draw a turkey design to be considered for the front of the Booster Club Turkey Trot shirts.  The Turkey Trot is a fundraiser 5K that raises money for the schools.  Every student grades 3-6 did their design during art class and submitted it for the contest.  Last week I was notified from a member of the Booster Club that Evangeline's drawing had won out of the whole school!!  We were so excited!!  She has gotten so much recognition for her artistic ability this school year.  Hard work pays off.

We all participated in the Turkey Trot.  I walked and Kyle and Evangeline ran the 5K.  We all medaled too.  It was a fun day.  Jed got to play with Grandma, so he had fun as well.

 

Marshall Schools Talent Show

Evangeline really wanted to audition for the Marshall talent show again this year.  She decided to try for a piano solo.  A few days after auditions this letter came home in her backpack!  We were so excited!

She did such a beautiful job.  She didn't seem nervous at all, although she said she was.  You would have never known it.  I am so proud of her confidence. and her ability to perform and to share her talents and gifts in front of an audience.  

Stary-Eyed Dreamers

I could watch these children sleep for hours.  Their precious little faces....so peaceful.  What are they dreaming about?  

 

 

This little girl...nestled right in between her mommy and daddy every night....I love it and don't love it at the same time, but it won't last forever and I know I'll long for it when it's over. 

 

I still rock Jed to sleep for his nap.  I often fall asleep with him.  He's so heavy and warm on my chest.  I painted a little Jack-O-Lantern on his big toe a couple of weeks ago when he was feeling left out of our manicure fun.  It makes me smile.  

 

Of course there are one million things I should be doing to catch up on things over the weekend, but this is another thing that will not last.  I want to soak up every moment and I want to remember it all. 

 

Diwali, Bath Time and a Few Other Things

There is a little, and perhaps, little known restaurant on the North side of the big city called Himalayan Aroma.   Kyle only stumbled upon it after Googling Indian restaurants in TH because he had a hankering for curry on night.  The Hutsons have fallen in love with it.  One evening we were invited by one of the workers to a special dinner buffet they were having in celebration of Diwali.  We were excited to have the opportunity to try all kinds of new foods.  Evangeline has become quite the adventurous eater recently.  She asked me for a notebook from my purse and I noticed she was jotting down her favorite dishes she tried so she could remember them for next time. 

 

Jed in the bath.  He loves bath time.  I still bathe him in the sink, but I bathe him in the tub as well.  He likes both locations.  In the tub he likes it when I close the glass doors and let him splash.  He also like to watch the tornado go down the drain when we let the water out. 

 

One of my suculants became a proud mother.  I've been planting all my babies in my big terrarium.  It's so much fun!

 

Evangeline loves to teach Jed things.  Anything.  She feels super happy when she feels like he's learned something from her.  The other day she was even teaching him dog tricks.  She had him sit, roll over, get up, etc.  They showed me his tricks and they were both just as proud as could be.  

This night she was doing homework and she was having him "help" her.  She was instructing him and having him count with her.  

Liam's A Big Boy!

These pictures are a little late in making it here.  They were taken at Liam's 1st birthday party back in October.  I just couldn't leave them out!  :)