November 2021

We celebrated Thanksgiving at our house this year with all the grandparents.  The girls were great cooking helpers!  And I don't think we've ever been as eager to get going with Christmas decorations. :)  The tree is up and we are ready for the Christmas season!

The day I felt brave and took everyone uptown on the light rail.  And library cards for everyone!

The boys loved the girls' tradition of filling up the jack-o-lantern with acorns.  Briggs would come home with acorns in his pockets from school and go straight to put them in.

Just to remember me and C's little notes.

Bring your lovie to school day!

Lil's first sleepover!  And Crew was getting all the attention from her friends. :)

Sleepover with Grandpa and LOTS of lego time!

C and I had a bittersweet heart to heart about who her fairy friend really is.  What a sweet tradition that's been over the years.

Preschool!

Getting B to try the violin. ;)

Hogan brought the label maker home from work and the kids were having fun making labels for everything (see my coffee filters, below). :)

It really does make me smile when I see this every morning.

Inside jokes are fun.

I told them it was exactly one year since we moved.  They don't look too happy about it.  Haha.

Washing all the acorns we collected so they would be clean for the squirrels. :)

Donuts with Dads.

Always love these.

Culture night at Dilworth.

C's pottery boat school!

Meanwhile, at home...

The relief of being done with flu shots.

So excited for Christmas decorations!

Boogying with Snoopy. :)

H brought the old iPad home and she was so excited to find some old games.

Hehe.

Both girls made their own desserts for Thanksgiving!

Love.

Watching the Rockettes at the Thanksgiving Parade.  Go Crew!

Thanksgiving... The official kick-off to Christmas!

Lily's poem for me.

Lily doing the toss up!

The boys love Hobo Dog. :)

We needed one more penguin to make it our family.

This is a 4th grader's backpack?!  I just had to take a pic. :)