Thankful

Auntie Leslie came to visit us and help us celebrate Thanksgiving.  It was so wonderful to meet her, and I understand why the family loves her so much.  There was a lot of snuggling, game playing and story reading while she was here.  She also managed to sneak a little speech therapy in with Jonah and food therapy in with Noah.

Everyone was home Thanksgiving week, which leads mummy to believe that to get anything done while all the kids are home there is a required 3 adults to 4 kid ratio.  Luckily for us kids, Auntie Leslie was a great 3rd adult.  She also had the magic touch and almost every time she held me I'd fall right to sleep.

It's taken almost 6 weeks, but finally there's a picture with a guest and all 4 of us kids smiling and with our eyes open.  Another sign of how much we appreciated our visitor.

And time for funny faces.  Even I got in on the action.  Truthfully, we were all very thankful that Auntie Leslie gave of her time to spend Thanksgiving with our family.  She was a welcome addition and I look forward to seeing her again at Avalon if not sooner!

Gran

I finally had a chance to meet Gran this weekend.  It was a lovely visit, and I understand why the other kids love her so much.  I'm already looking forward to when she comes back at Christmas time!

Gran and all the kids.  This has been the most cooperative we've all been for a picture yet.

Me and Gran, I'm sure we'll be fast friends for all the years to come.

Sweetness

Don't I look so precious while taking my nap?

Anna making another crazy face.

I can almost smile.  There are lots of these "near smiles" that are always hard to capture with the camera.

Crabtree

The week after Anna went to Crabtree, I got to go with my class.  One of the mom's in Anna's class got this great picture of Anna with her friend Camryn though that I had to share.

Me learning about the nature at Crabtree.

Me, seeing if I can wrap my arms around a tree trunk.

There are 2 boys missing, but otherwise this is my kindergarten class.

Trying on deer antlers.

Following Mrs. Randle-Hayes through the forest on a nature walk.

Grandpa

Grandpa came for a visit recently and was the mystery reader for my class.  It was great.  He read "Cactus Hotel" and told us all about the Saguaro cactus since he lives in Arizona.

This is a classic picture I've been taking with Grandpa my whole life.

Grandpa with all the kids.  Jonah is in a season of not liking being in pictures, so that's why he's a bit off to the side.  Right after this picture he ran off the couch to go play.  We did have quite an adventure while Grandpa was here, as he ended up being admitted to the hospital because he had some difficulty breathing.  After a few days in the hospital there was no clear diagnosis, but they let him go home.  The only hospital visit we expected was to see mummy & Julia, but we're always up for a hospital adventure!

Trick Treat

Julia wasn't such a fan of Halloween, even though she was a sweet strawberry.

This year for Halloween Noah and I were firefighters.  I couldn't manage to say trick-or-treat, but did a reasonable job with "trick treat" and was rewarded lots of candy.

Anna was Minnie Mouse again, I was a firefighter and Noah was fire chief - a good looking bunch I think.  We went trick-or-treating in our new neighborhood with some friends and walked away with 15 full size candy bars and a bunch of little ones after just an hour.  Our new neighborhood could be a goldmine in years to come if only we could get mummy to let us eat all of our candy!

The fire staff.

Minnie's thumbs up!