Thanksgiving

What a relaxing day! Of course, we started our day by sleeping in! {It was especially great for Trav, since he gets up at 4am every day!} We spent the morning cuddled up on the couch watching the Macy's parade. Ali really liked it because of all the "cool floats". Her favorite was the one with Tawny Heart {from Sonny with a Chance} and Kermit the Frog singing Christmas songs.

After the parade and naps we got ready for dinner at Sandy’s house. Mom and Mike were able to join us... it was great to have them there. Merilyn was so excited to have both grandmas with her! There was a ton of food and laughs - so much to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving!

Family Turkey

Ali brought home an "empty" turkey that we had to work together to fill. She loved making her turkey! We used seeds, oatmeal, scrapbook paper, and orange sprinkles for the beak. Ali was thrilled with the final product and I have to say, I was pretty proud of "our" turkey as well. :)

Halloween

This year the girls were Tinkerbell and Ariel. They had gotten their costumes forever ago! They loved playing around with them, so I was glad we were able to find all the parts... well, all but Ariel's shoes. One of them disappeared! {We found some silver ones that worked.} Ali said that it was the best Halloween yet because they set a record with how far they walked Trick-or-Treating. She also loved the fact that she got to spend the evening with her cousins. The little girls did a great job keeping up with their big sisters, however, we knew we were done when the littles were asking to be carried!