Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all our family and friends. We love you and hope you have much to be thankful for today. Our day has been filled with laughter, lots of food and now many naps! I am so thankful for all the blessings in my life. Happy Thankgiving to all.

Adventure

We have been having quite an adventure in our house the past few days. Mainly the after-effects of a momma who was out of commission for a few days. We have been finding our balance and routine again. Both mine and the kids! I realized that I am behind schedule on some of my holiday items. Mostly my Christmas cards. I have made my cards for the past few years. I have come to admit that this year, there is simply not enough time to make the amount of cards that I need to. So...we will be doing a photo card this year. That meant I needed to get some cute pictures of the kids in their Christmas outfits. Everyone (including me) was in a great mood after dinner. So, we went to the park up the road and I started just snapping away at the kids. Critter was not sure what to do with the lush green grass and Pumpkin was in a Princess-posing mood. I have to tell you, it made for some cute pictures. So, I had to post some here. I don't believe any of these will make it on the card, so those will still be a surprise!

He just loves her!
He is SO not sure about the grass or the new shoes

My little ham

He just loved to follow her around whether she was holding his hand...

Or running away!

I love how it looks like they are running together in this one. Critter is good at walking now, just not THAT good!

This was all her, not me posing her!

He is loving the ability to walk where he wants to, still not sure about his new shoes though.

Smiles

Hubby has been able to spend extra time with the kids lately because I have been sick and had a decent amount of photo shoots. (On that note, check out my new photography blog, the link is listed on the right of the page!). The kids have been LOVING daddy time. Their favorite thing lately is flying with him. He has been getting quite a workout throwing these two in the air. It reminds me of when I was little and my dad did this to me. Luckily for them, our ceiling is a little bit higher than ours when I was a kid! :) Thank you Hubby for helping me out so much lately. I love you....

I LOVE the huge smile on his face here!

Can you say crazy hair!

Thankfully she does not ask me to do this. Even with carrying around Critter, my arms and back are not strong enough to throw her in the air like daddy. Guess it can be a special thing for them! :)

Love

This just makes me smile....

The love they have for each other amazes me each day. I don't know if there are many sounds sweeter to my ears than these belly laughs!

Two dear friends

Happy Birthday Aunt B and Auntie C. We are beyond thankful that you two are in our lives.

B~Thank you for your friendship. You are an amazingly caring, understanding, loving and determined woman. You are an extraordinary friend, sister, daughter, mother and wife. My family is better because you are in our lives. I love that you are called Aunt by my children and godmother to my son. I feel blessed that we have gotten closer over the past few years and I can not imagine life without you as a friend. Enjoy your 30th!

C~Thank YOU for your friendship as well. It has been amazing getting to know you better over the past few years. You are someone I admire. You have such inner strength, beauty and love for those around you. You feel your emotions with all that you posses. My children and I are better people for having you in our lives. I feel blessed to call you friend and my children call you Auntie. You are an amazing woman. Enjoy your 30th!

Thank you both for all you bring to the lives surrounding you. We love you. Happy 30th Birthdays! Hope you can take a moment and realize all you have done with your lives and all that is to come!

Halloween Fun

We hope you had a wonderfully fun, safe and spooky Halloween! We sure had a busy day around here. In the morning we went to the park and hung out with my MOMS club friends. After both kids then took long naps, baths and had a healthy dinner, we went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. We only hit a few houses because most were not even handing out candy! Times have changed since I was growing up. Anyway, getting off track....we then went over to our good friend's moms house for a little party. A huge thank you to them for having us be the tag-along part of the family! It made the night much more fun for us. This was the first year since Pumpkin was born that Hubby had to work on Halloween. I made sure I got the kids dressed before he left for work, so at least he could see them. By being able to hang out with our extended family :) it made the night a little less gloomy for me!

Pumpkin chose her costume again this year. It was funny, she talked about being either Belle or Sleeping Beauty for DAYS before going to the store. When we got there, immediately she said she wanted Minnie Mouse. Now, as the practical mother, I questioned her for 15 minutes before I purchased it. She was quite funny though. She kept telling me "I know I said I wanted Belle or Aurora, but I changed my mind. It is okay to change my mind. I want Minnie Mouse". I just love conversations with her. Now, I had two costumes for Critter. I really wanted him to wear Pumpkins first real costume, which was Tigger. I tried it on him a month ago, and it was a tight fit. The way that kid grows I had no idea if it would fit for Halloween, so I got a back up costume of a cow. They both ended up fitting. So...he got to wear Tigger to the park and the Cow for trick-or-treating. Amazingly enough he did not mind the hood at all.

It was a great night. They both had a blast with all their friends. Thank you to all who made our day such a fun time!

He was loving the swing, especially with Pumpkin pushing!
Minnie at the park

I know I am biased, but I think he is the cutest little boy Tigger (I can't say cutest kid as Tigger because Pumpkin was the cutest little girl Tigger!)

I am still in shock that I got them both to sit, smile and look at me near their pumpkins.

My girl was still shy this year. I got her to say thank you at every house, just not trick-or-treat. Maybe next year!

My cute cow!

Yes, my friends got ME to dress up. I would not do this for anyone you know! Also, yes I know it is not my team. I did not have a jersey for the Cubs or Red Sox, don't yell at me family! This jersey was actually Hubby's from when he was about 7. I can not believe it fit me!

Can you tell by the glazed over look that it was about 2 hours PAST bedtime! She loved every part of this costume so much that she wanted to sleep in it. I did not think sleeping in tights was that smart of an idea though. I know...mean mommy!

It was about 3 hours past little guy's bedtime too. Yet, he was still having fun! Man both kids slept great last night. I wish that happened every night. As I say that, Pumpkin is still awake, wondering what I am doing even though I put her to bed over an hour ago. Gotta love the day after a fun one!