Decorating for Christmas - Part 1

Decorating for Christmas didn't go as smoothly as past
years, but that's OK. Normally we decorate and do the fun
stuff the Friday after Thanksgiving, but that all got side
barred by Disney Tangled and some other fun activities. So
Saturday and Sunday we decorated a little at a time. The
kids had a great time trimming the mini tree out front. It
looks pretty cute too, considering it is real and there all
year round :) Then I let the kids do their "kids" tree
inside down in the family room. I didn't do one thing
except a few ornaments at the top that I was "told" where to
put. This is their tree, so it was all them. I LOVED
turning around and seeing Adelina, Joseph, and Isabelle all
sitting with an ornament hanging from each ear. It was the
absolute funniest thing. Would make a great Christmas card
for the future :) So although it was loud, messy, and took
a long time, the kids trimmed their tree all by themselves
and had a great time doing it! The rest of the decorating
to come soon. Merry Christmas!

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Letters from Santa

Adelina is going to freak when she finds this :) Fun to
make http://www.freelettersfromsantaclaus.com.

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Thanksgiving Children's Celebration Video

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Happy Thanksgiving

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Getting Ready for Thanksgiving

Adelina and Isabelle really do have a crafting bug, and they
love to make themed crafts for the holidays. This weekend
we made fun table placecards for Thanksgiving and each girl
made a Thanksgiving card for their teacher. They had so
much fun using thumbprints to make the turkeys, and I think
it all looks pretty cute.

Cannot take any credit for the idea though. We were
inspired by these few:
http://thedecoitefamily.blogspot.com/2010/11/thanks-giving-place-cards.html
http://thecharmedmom.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-craft-fingerprint-turkey-cards.html

Gobble, Gobble.

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Adelina is the Special Helper!

Adelina is her class' special helper this week. That
translates to running special errands for her teacher and
taking home the class "pet". The class pet is a stuffed
animal named Blue. He is adorable and wears a collar with
trinkets from all past special helpers. Adelina got Blue a
toy and took him everywhere with her this weekend!

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Jack Early Walking Video

We are making progress, slowly.

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Four little pumpkins, I mean turkeys

Extending the life of our Halloween pumpkins :)

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What are you supposed to do?

It must be difficult to be a boy in a house with two older
sisters. While your sisters play dress up in poofy dresses
and put on makeup, what are you supposed to do? Today
Isabelle and Joseph played dress- up together. Instead of
poofy dresses, Joseph wore a kimono, beads, and a fur caplet
around his waist. Not the most masculine of costumes, but
much better than what could have been. Not to mention, he
had a blast!

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Jack's 1st Year Photobook

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Strike!

Family bowling was fantastic!

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Isabelle & Kasey singing counting by 10's song

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Crazy Sock Day

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Jack is standing!

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Sesame Place Halloween Spooktacular

Had a great time at the Sesame Place Halloween Spooktacular!
Lots of characters and kids were dressed in costumes. We
loved the special Elmo's World Live! Halloween Show, the
not-too-spooky Halloween decorations, trick-or-treating
throughout the park, and the hayride with Grover and Telly
Monster. I still think the kids favorite thing is the Rock
Around the Block parade :) For all of the pictures, look on
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Snugglbugs

Found the kids and Johana today snuggled up watching Toy
Story 2 - so cute!

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Jack 1 year photos - better late than never?

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Look mom, no hands

Jack is officially standing without holding on. Joe snapped
this picture in our playroom of all of the kids huddling
around Jack standing. Very cute!

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Welcome Lina and Katelyn

Christmas came early this year for the girls. My mom got
them American Girl dolls for Christmas but we decided to
give them to the girls early since we are going to NYC in a
few weeks to the store, etc. They were totally in love!
The girls named their dolls Lina (Adelina's) and Katelyn
(Isabelle's).

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