Food, Football, Family

We had a great time this year at my sister Anna's house, spending Thanksgiving with family. After gorging on everything turkey day had to offer, we settled in and watched the Cowboy's win a game. Yay, and I thought Christmas miracles were still a month away ;P

Peas Please!

Elizabeth got her first taste of peas yesterday, and seemed to appreciate the additional taste and texture they offered her. There was minimal "spitback", so I would have to say overall it was a winner. Although I'm not sure how excited I will be when digestion kicks in :)

"This is pretty yummy, mommy!"

"Do you have to flash that light every time I take a bite?"

"Ooooh, I think I missed some..."

"What's for dessert?"

Sisterly Love

These are just some cute pictures of the girls together. I try to take pictures of these moments so I have photographic proof that they do enjoy one another at least part of the time :)

Kate loves climbing into Sarah's lap.

"Don't worry Elizabeth, I'll push you when the batteries run out."

Here Kate shares her love of "sitting in boxes" with Ashley, who just loves to clown around.

Ashley loves trying to kiss Sarah for effect, but most of the time Sarah just runs. I guess Ashley must have been in ninja mode to sneak so close to Sarah and get this kiss in!

Face Painting at the FAC

There is nothing more motivating to a mom trying to adopt an intense workout schedule as kids who love going to the Athletic Center Fun Club to hang out. They bombard me every day with "What time are you going to work out?" or "You are working out today, aren't you?" Thankfully their youth and innocence keeps them from making any ripping remarks like "Good thing there's a fun club to take us to so you can go work on that love handle mom!" One of the reasons Sarah and Ashley enjoy it so much is that there are a lot of different scheduled activities to participate in each day.

One such day was "face painting fun", and as you can see by their faces, they really enjoyed it! I really hated making them wash it off (they had school the next day and I figured it was probably against some rule...), but we took a picture for posterity.

Ashleyism #3

Today the kids came home from school and told us they talked all about the upcoming presidential election at school that day. They even got to participate in a mock election between Barack Obama and John McCain. After hearing all the details, Jeff could see how excited they were about it, so he asked who they voted for. Ashley piped up

"I voted for Johnny McCandy!"

Name recognition at it's best, lol!

Did you know hi was a two syllable word?

Well, according to Kate it is :) She is quite the little Texan, because her pronunciation of the word hi with a southern drawl cracks us up.

Me: "Hi"
Kate: "HIIIIIIIy"

Happy Halloween!

This year we had a nice Halloween trick or treating with my sister Laureen, my BIL Chris, and their three little ones. For the second year in a row, the weather was so nice, you could wear shorts! Lucky for Chris, because Laureen was going to make him wear the Pooh costume to complete their family theme of "Hundred Acre Woods".

This year Sarah decided she wanted to be Anakin Skywalker, and Ashley chose to be a cheerleader complete with pom poms. We dressed Kate up as an angel, and she had fun collecting candy from the neighbors. She had a great first Halloween, and caught on quickly to the whole concept of walking to the door, ringing the bell, and holding her pail out in exchange for candy :) I had planned on dressing Elizabeth up in the warm pumpkin suit I had bought for Kate the year before, but once again, it was way too hot for comfort. She slept through most of it anyway :)

The whole gang before we set out.

Kate enjoys her first piece of Halloween candy.

My three Halloween ghouls.