Thanksgiving thankfulness

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving week. We went to Wabash and really enjoyed time with family. Lots of relaxing and playing. I can't put into words how blessed I feel this year with our families, jobs, friends, and health. Some of our most thankful moments of the days......we are so very thankful for a wonderful Mimi and cousin Izi

we are so very thankful for our wonderful cousins and the game of Twister!!! and the fun times we get to have playing it together

we are thankful for smiles and giggles that melt our hearts

we are thankful for all these sweet little ladies, our lives wouldn't be complete without them

we are thankful that they can be silly too :)
we are thankful for our little family........I love you Chris and Alison so much my heart aches sometimes. I love you, honor you, cherish you, adore you and can't get enough of each of you!

And then to round out Thanksgiving weekend, Chris and I did have our meeting with Santa Claus today to see if Alison has behaved herself enough for gifts this year :)hehehe and then home we came to do something VERY big-girl and slightly teary-eyed for Momma.......drumroll please........

Yes, it is big girl bedtime.......she was really excited!!!

This is her pretending to sleep in her new bed...she is currently there, has been with no issues, let's hope it stays that way all night???? :)

Uneventfulness

Well the month has been pretty uneventful so far but we are all geared up for a festive Thanksgiving with the families. But we have kept ourselves busy in other ways....
-like drawing on our dry erase board

-and getting temporary tattoos from the grocery..yes this came from the grocery and we wore it proudly :)

-placing dress-up and making silly faces ALL at the same time!

Now the month had truly been uneventful until this past Saturday and then we headed to Carmel's Civic Square for their Christmas event. A gorgeous evening, reindeer, cookies, crafts, the lighting of the Christmas tree, and {gasp} Santa Claus!!!!!!!!!!! but here we are with a little snuggling with Momma

-a bonus of petting both a bunny and a skunk and {gasp} one of Santa's elves!!!!
-the reindeer and Alison was very focused on telling this elf what she wanted for Christmas so he could remind Santa

-the main man himself!!!!!! after 1 1/2 hour wait, but we didn't even notice :)

Halloween Festivities

We have definitely enjoyed our fair share of festivities over the past two weeks. So originally Ali wanted to be a fairy for Halloween. Well, mom got crafty and using DIY made her some, but after flipping through all my camera cards tonight, realized I have NO photos of them. Mom's not a crafty person but I would have to say, they turned out pretty cute. She did end up wearing them to a library Halloween night.
So we hit ZOOBOO on Thurs night. We had an awesome weather night. All the animals were out and active. She chose to be a princess this night.
Of course we decorated pumpkins, Alison didn't want to "cut into" hers so we opted for this Princess Pumpkin kit instead.

Mom, Dad, and Alison working hard at carving Mom and Dad's pumpkins with the added bonus of celebrating Lindsay's 30th!!! Happy Birthday to you :)

And we are off trick or treating and she chose to be a BSU cheerleader!!! Perfect for the chilly weather we had. Here she is asking Daddy if she can choose "2" pieces from the dish. :)

Here's Ali and Chris with Mom and Dad's pumpkin. Yes, Mom's is the basic one on the L. I enjoy carving pumpkins for about 30 min. but Chris is WAY advanced and did the awesome one on the R.
We also enjoyed a trip to the Pumpkin patch this year. We had a great fall season and Happy Halloween....now we are ALL on a sugar high from the candy and oddly enough, Alison tasted cotton candy for the first time....and didn't like it :( Crazy little child hunh?! What's not to love about pure sugar?!