Merry Christmas!

Barbie Townhouse! Just what she dreamed of!

Opening stockings

Now he's got his own hat!

Playing with cars

Fishing rod from Grandpa!!

Boys with the breakfast beer

Playing Matchbox with Grampy in his new hat

'Twas the night before Christmas

Baking a pie before Grampy and Nana arrive on Christmas Eve.

Playing with Daddy's hat

Playing Pretty, Pretty Princess with Grampy...

... and with Nana.

Cookies, milk, and carrots for Santa

Reading The Night Before Christmas before bed

Caleb being silly before bed

New Sink and Slippers

We (finally) had a new sink and faucet put in today. We're really looking forward to washing dishes without our rain gear on! Our faucet was terrible and we got quite wet before. Also, sometimes in the advent calendar there are little scavenger hunt notes for the kids. Today they hunter and found new slippers. Riley got Dora slippers and Caleb got (Riley's old) bear slippers. They were both very excited.

New sink and faucet!

Checking out our new slippers.

Posing with my slippers.

Giving Dora a hug.

What happened to November?

Well, what happened is this. We were without our computer for awhile and eventually ended up buying a new one. After an eventful Halloween weekend, it was a fairly quiet month. Now that Thanksgiving has gone by, we can't believe that Christmas is in only 2 1/2 weeks!

Attempting some Christmas photos

Making stuffing with Nana

Thanksgiving family photo attempt

I'm thankful for crafts and cute little pumpkins that came home from preschool and daycare. Without them I would have only a lonely green candle and some nearly naked Indians.

Playing with puzzles

Autographing the back of Riley's preschool photo

A flock of (I think) loons hung out on the pond for a few days. This would be unusual as they don't typically travel in flocks.