Cookie Exchange

The annual cookie exchange took place and that means the annual pickle ornament hunt went on too. Zoey was the winner who found it in less than a minute so extra goodies went to her. We all had a fun time and the cookies this year were outstanding! Claire's family made a chocolate one with a melted Andies candy on top. Heavenly!!

We all played and ate food and jumped in the jumping castle and then finally had some pizza for dinner before everyone went home. I was happy that none of the babies at this party were "drilled." I think Drew was sufficiently occupied with protecting his toys from other preschoolers that he didn't notice the little babies.

St. Nick's Day

We did celebrate St. Nick's Day. Drew put his slippers outside his door and got some Sesame Street ornaments for the tree.

Drew put them on the tree right away - all in row on the bottom branch. Drew also got a new teddy bear dressed in winter gear.

Thains come to visit

Next up was a visit from Lisa, Doug, William and Zachary! Trying to line all three boys up for a photo proved impossible, as you can see.


We were so happy to hang out with these little boys and anyone with little boys can imagine the amount of pure energy that was in the house that night. And once we filled them up with dinner - well only Clifford on the TV was able to calm them down for a bit. Eventually they all made it to dreamland, but not after inspecting each and every toy and non toy item in the house.

Drew was in particularly great form this evening after deciding that he wanted to "drill" the baby Zachary.

Thanksgiving

"We are thankful for turkey legs and fish."

We're also thankful that Aunt Erin posed so nicely in the car so that I could take that photo. :)

Auntie Ericka

So, Miss Ericka, you will likely clobber me for posting this picture, but it's really cute. Auntie Ericka came for a visit - mostly to surprise Auntie Erin at her engagement party. The upshot for Drew was that he got special time with both of them and also managed to talk Ericka into reading some books.

During this visit we also all went to see Madagascar II which was a huge hit. In this house, it's known as the "Move it Move it Movie" and arriving home we promptly listened to that song LOTS of times!

What have we been up to?

What busy people we must be that I have completely ignored the blog. Well....it's more like a new Facebook addiction! (Dare I speak its name!)

I will try to post all of our activities in chronological order...

First thing first - Our friends the Petersons came for a visit