Thanksgiving Festivities

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Our Thanksgiving week started out with a feast at preschool. Each of the children from 3 different classrooms created a different dish to share at the feast. The children dressed up for the occasion also. As you can see, Dawson chose a pilgrim costume for the event.

Thanksgiving day was beautiful. Early in the afternoon, we got out the scooter and the tricycle and took some loops around the block. It was a great day for being outside!

After Thanksgiving, Grammy shared a new animal and book with Dawson. It's name is "Jingles" and it's voice activated. When you read the book that goes along with the toy, Jingles barks throughout the story. There are two books available so far and a movie soon. It's such a fun toy. Another amazing Hallmark creation! After we read the book, she sat down to draw a picture of Jingles. Not too bad!

Another Sketch

Another interesting sketch. Dawson brought this to me and told me this is a picture of me with her inside my belly! Then she told me she knows she was not in my belly but it's ok if she sketches it! Sketching, sketching, sketching is what we are into these days. Dawson is spending a lot of time drawing pictures and now writing words. As I'm cooking in the kitchen, I always hear a little voice saying...how do you spell this and how do you spell that! Very cute! Four has been so much fun! I can't wait until Christmas because this should be an exciting year!

Trick or Treat

Finally, a Halloween post....better late than never! This year, I had a few more people over for dinner before trick or treat and a lot less time taking pictures. I just enjoyed the night for a change!

Minnie Mouse loved running in her heels and I can't believe she had no problem doing that!

Our carved creations....

A better view of the heels! Her favorite part of this whole costume was the shoes!

Little Sketch

Often times I find little drawings on Dawson's art table. She loves any kind of blank page notebooks. This morning when I came downstairs, I found this one torn out of a tiny notebook. I asked her about it and she told me it was her and Ella going for a walk. Then she told me she now has curly hair because she likes curls! I love finding these around the house!

Hayride Adventure

My sister and I took advantage of a chilly, sunny day and headed out to the pumpkin patch with the kids. Since it was cold and rainy last weekend, I think everyone had the same idea today! We ran around, rode a train and went on a hayride in search of some pumpkins.

A nice pumpkin carriage photo op!

Running in a maze....she never stops running these days! Even in her skirts which by the way, she has been choosing her outfits lately if you haven't noticed!

A tractor pulled train ride!

In search of the perfect pumpkin! Breea took forever to pick one!

Since it has been raining a lot, there was a lot of mud. As we were headed back to the farm, we got stuck a few times and then we were really stuck. We had to evacuate the trailer to get unstuck! What an adventure!

Went Somewhere MAGICAL.....

Had an amazing getaway...more pictures to come soon! Have to unpack and get organized before I can post more. I just couldn't resist posting one cute Minnie Mouse!

Fall Festivities

We headed out for our annual Fall Festival on Sunday. It was 82 degrees and HOT out but, I'm not complaining. The meteorologists are already reporting a very snowy and cold winter so we should enjoy the warmth while it lasts! The girls were busy running through corn mazes, riding horses, going on hayrides, jumping in bounce houses, decorating pumpkins and eating lots of Halloween treats.

Here are is Dawson with her friend Grace and her cousin Sophia hitting the corn maze!

And a few smiles!

Time to pick out a pumpkin to decorate. This one looks good!

There was an amazing face painter doing all kinds of crazy things to the kids faces and hair. This mom does not like face paint so we did a beautiful spider on her arm. I was once told by some artists that children should see the art taking place so the arm is a good place to watch it happen!

Of course, my animal lover had to ride the horses 3 times. I couldn't get a front picture because they kept moving too fast! She looks like a natural!