thanksgiving!

We had a delightful (and delicious) Thanksgiving with good buddies Georgia & Sophie and their family and friends!  Kiddos were thrilled to see these little turkeys made out of oreos and candy corn for dessert.

Action shot.

Hard to pull the focus away from dessert.

The littles of the bunch.

Big Girls.

Abby was thrilled to dress up her life sized doll brother in these tiny pink high heels designed for a cute teddy bear.  Nate thought the whole experience was hilarious.

And then the next morning we zipped off to see the dolphins and fishies at the aquarium.  Much excitement.  Hard to tell whether children or parents were more exhausted by all of the morning activity.

Dolphin snacks.

This cute dolphin came over to say hello.

Dancing dolphin.

 

what's abby up to?

In case anyone was wondering what Abby is up to these days ... she's been very busy writing and drawing.  Please don't offer to spell words anymore. She prefers HER spelling.  A few examples:

"Bees can fly" (and something else in the lower left hand corner I can't remember what it says)

"This is a fish"

"Butterfly"

She's got first and middle name down.  Spelling of last name proves to be a bit more challenging.  Butterflies she did draw all by herself!

"Brontosaurus dinosaur"

"Ladybugs buzz and fly and have legs"

"A poisonous cricket" (and below, another attempt at last name spelling)

At Nate's request ... a "dump truck"

Most of the words to the book "I love trucks".

 

circle train

Nate is impressed by the circle train that Abby made!

jams

With two cute little people in the house, it's hard to resist occasional matchy-matchy.  We did try this matching game once before.

gray day at the beach

Watching waves and throwing rocks at the beach with Mister Miles. A sweet little sunny guy amidst much sadness.

big cousins

Dinner with big girl cousins Emily and Natalie. Thanks for the cello lesson Natalie! (And how about Abby + Nate's haircuts?)

big digger

There was a big digger in the gymnastics parking lot today! We investigated after class.

mischief makers

Hey, what's that noise coming from Abigail's closet?

Oh.... two little monkeys "going to sleep"

Peek a boo. Found you....

A gives N a lift on the makeshift wagon trailer.

Passenger check.

New robe (and slippers, not pictured) from G&G!

Grocery shopping with Papa.