Happy Thanksgiving

I asked the children to entertain Ed while I finished the Thanksgiving pies.

 Interesting method.

Place settings.

 Turkey and final prep.

 The fam.

 The entertainment.

 The pies.

I played two games on Thanksgiving-- Rummykub and Five Crowns.  I lost miserably.  However, I did get to play with Grandma and Grandpa Guymon, Grandma and Grandpa Goodell, Mom and Dad, and Austin.  Ha!  A feat in and of itself.  I am so blessed.

Ed's Trick

We think he is so smart; he knows it, too!

In and Out

Not the burger chain.  The weather outside and the toastiness inside.  Maddie and I made chocolate marshmallows to dip in hot chocolate and pumpkins cookies for the afternoon snack.  Our school-kids loved them!

INSIDE

OUTSIDE

VOTE

I waited only an hour to vote today.  Totally worth it!

Halloween Part II

I helped with classroom parties and decided to dress up.  

 Maisie's class

 Andy's class

 Grandma Kim hosted a ghoulish dinner.

 More costumes

 The aftermath

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Morning

The kids went to school as the Avengers.  Shocker.  They couldn't wear masks or take props, so we came up with other accouterments.  Now to face my house, two classroom parties and my crying-neglected baby.  Happy Halloween!

 Thor.

 Natasha Romanov -- Black Widow

Captain Stephen Rogers -- Captain America.

 Tony Stark - Ironman.

 Maddie will wear her Hulk costume tonight.

  The morning aftermath.

Tonight the kids will wear masks and look like the assembled Avengers.  If I can make it that far.

Pumpkin Carving

FHE was our annual pumpkin carving.  The only set back was that Andy was feeling a bit under the weather due to his yellow fever immunization.  Meg carved her's entirely on her own!

 

2 Weeks of Nothing

Absolutely two weeks of nothing but the magically mundane!  So here are just some random pictures from the last two weeks.

 Books with Grandma.

 Kisses from cousins.

Aunt Whitni came to visit.

 Aunt Lyndsey made boots for Ed.

 My cute boys wear orange-skinny cords.

 I made Meg a skirt - with an invisible zipper.

 Austin keeps Ed contained by placing him in the toys bucket.

DARE week -- wear red to school day.

 Bangs -- I cut them.