Thanksgiving in Richmond

This year we traveled to Eric, Katie and Anna's new house for Thanksgiving. We arrived on Wednesday and had the whole day to play and get settled.

Then on Thursday it was time to get started. This was Katie's first time ever making a turkey, but I must say that she did great. It was delicious.

After all that playing and eating, we all crashed hard.

Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone - 27 days til Christmas!

Playdate

In the spirit of awesome November weather, Ashleigh and I decided to move our playdate outside to the park on Saturday. Us girls - and Danny - had a great time.

I'll take these kinds of temperatures anyday.

Say What?

Natalie has been learning about turkeys at school, so I thought I would interview her. I thought what she said was blog-worthy so here goes:

I guess I shouldn't be surprised - she tells me that she says the "Fledge Allegiance" every morning, people in football get "attackeled" and a door bell goes "ring rong".

The Wheels on the Bus

The kids LOVE playing in the school bus tent.

But only when it's on it's side. Every time I flipped it upright, they'd turn it sideways again.

And it made for some awesome hair. Click on the pic to see Natalie's static electricity.

It's The Great Pumpkin...

Charlie Brown.
We also had an elephant.

And a pumpkin.

And a mermaid and vampire bat.

Before trick or treating, there was a costume party for the Daisy Girl Scouts.

On Saturday, we were finally able to make it down to visit Jenn, Chris and Katelyn. She has the best blonde hair and was so cute and snuggly.

Natalie and I took turns holding the baby while Danny made himself right at home.

I think Halloween is officially over. Now, what to do with all the candy?

Fall Festivities

We bid farewell to soccer yesterday with the last game of the season. Team Spain has come a long way and Natalie has improved so much.

Danny continues to be her biggest fan.

Then it was time to bid farewell to some of her hair. It's been a long time coming and she cut off 6 inches without even flinching. This is the before.

And after. We think she's coming down with a cold so instead of picking our own pumpkins, we went to Brown's, our favorite farmer's market, to pick one off the shelf instead.

This is the best shot I got of the two of them together.

We are looking forward to next weekend with Halloween and Girl Scouts and other fun stuff.

New Activities

Natalie joined the Girl Scouts and Sunday was their first troop meeting. Here she is in her "Daisy" uniform. We often find our stairs looking like this.

And at the top, we then find this.

Danny gets such a kick out of throwing his toys down onto the landing. And Natalie is more than happy to sit at the bottom and give them back to him. He would play this all day if she was up for it.

And a shout-out to baby Katelyn who was born early this morning.

Congrats to Jenn and Chris on their new arrival!