Happy Thanksgiving!

We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you have a safe and happy holiday. I am so thankful for my Rich, my KK and my family and their love and health. oh, and Molly too :)

We're in Trouble....

Rich just called to tell me about Kate's morning. Kate wore a dress to school today, but decided not to wear her tights I had put out for her. Rich said she got to school, went over to her friend Ben, pulled up her dress and said, "Look Ben, I have no pants on!" Oh My! We are in trouble!!!

Our Little Indian

Kate has been working on Thanksgiving related items at school all month. Yesterday, they had a little Thanksgiving feast. The teacher brought in turkey and pumpkin pie and everyone in the class contributed something. Kate also brought in little turkey cookies for the kids to enjoy for their morning snack.



I picked Kate up yesterday and asked her what she had at the feast and she told me "Chicken and corn". She tried the pumpkin pie but didn't like it, but she said she had ice cream, which I'm sure made her so happy.



Her is a blurry picture of her in her Indian wear.




Happy Thanksgiving!

Fun Weekend

We had such a fun weekend this weekend. On Friday afternoon, Kate and I had lunch with my friend Katie. For dinner, we met Joanna and Bridget at Friendly's. Bridget was wearing a scarf and gloves and looked glamorous.


Saturday morning, Kate woke up and put on a scarf and gloves because Bridget was wearing them :) We went to a toy store and Kate got to meet Elmo and Dora. She wasn't thrilled at all at first, but as we were there longer, she warmed up to Dora and finally gave her a high five.

After the toy store, we went to the mall and Kate and I grabbed a slice of pizza while Rich went tool shopping. Isn't she the perfect lunch date?

After nap, we went up to our friends' house, the C's and met up with the D's who were visiting from E town and the B's. It was so fun to have everyone together and to watch all the kids play. We realized the last time we were together, there were only 3 kids. Now there are 5.

Sunday, Kate and I headed to church and Rich went golfing. After Church, Mike and Katie stopped by and we all hung out and they tired Kate out. We ended our weekend with dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant and then a little snuggling to watch Mickey Mouse Train in bed. I Love our weekends together!

Best Friends

I went to pick Kate up from school the other day and she always comes running as fast as she can to me when she sees me. (There is no better feeling at the end of a long work day than to have her running with a huge smile, ecstatic to see you). A little boy in her class, Adrian, also came running and pulled my hands off of her, and with tears in his little eyes, looked at me and said, "Please don't take Kate home. I want her to stay and play with me." It was the cutest thing I ever heard. So, I let her play a little while with Adrian and Ben (they are 3 peas in a pod). When we ask her who her friends at school are, she says, Adrian and Ben. My mom and dad said, who is your best girl friend, and she replied, unprompted, "Mommy!"

I love the minds of kids. They are so sweet.

Picnic in November

It was so warm here on Sunday that we were able to have a picnic outside and enjoy the warm weather. We had a great day playing outside. It was so warm, there were bees out, which put a little damper on our picnic.

Fall Fun

If you've been to our house, you know we have a ton of leaves in the fall. Rich got a head start on them this year with his new tractor and left a pile for Kate to play in. We've had a mild November so far, so we've been able to take advantage of the weather. Rich made a huge pile of leaves and we had a ball jumping into the pile. Even Molly joined in.

Here is Rich showing Kate how to do it:

And, here are Kate and Molly having fun:

We covered Kate in leaves:

Laying in the leaves:

Having fun on the swing:

Snowdeer

We got the Pottery Barn Kids catalog yesterday and while I was making dinner, Kate sat at the table to read it. She saw Santa and she got so excited and was yelling, "Look, Mommy! It's Santa and his SnowDeer!!" I looked and it was reindeer. I absolutely LOVE the little things she says. I had to write this down and share because it was too cute. I will forever think of that moment when I hear reindeer.

Kate's songs

Kate loves to listen to music on the radio. When we get in the car, she'll say, Mommy, can you please find "Fireflies, Hannah Montana or Short skirts?" Translation: "Fireflies" by Owl City, "Party in the USA" by Miley Cirus or "You Belong with Me" by Taylor Swift. She loves to sing and dance to these songs. She's also become a big fan of "I've gotta a feeling" by the Black Eye Peas, "Hotel Room Service" by Pitbull. She gets so excited when she even hears the songs. She'll ask to wait to get out of the car until it's over, or if we are home, she gets out in the driveway and dances. I have no idea where she gets her taste in music ;)

Halloween Fun!

We had such a great Halloween. Kate woke up in the morning and we opened her card from Namma and Pop Pop- thanks Namma and Pop Pop for the money.

and her Halloween basket:

We went and visited our friends the Cs, and met their handsome new son and had breakfast. We stopped at Target and had some lunch, then went home and napped. When Kate woke up, she was SO EXCITED!! So, we had dinner and then got her and Molly all dressed up in their costumes:

Then, it was time to go out trick or treating.

Here is our little lion doing the biggest ROAR ever!- check out her pumped fist :)

And off we went. She had a ball- kept asking to go home so that she could eat her candy. She was the only trick or treater in our neighborhood. The people that we are the most friendly with made up little bags for her, which was just adorable. Hope everyone reading a great Halloween as well! Can't wait for next year's!