Thursday, November 29, 2012

Decorating the Tree

We finally got around to decorating the tree!  The girls thought it was just great!  Anne has started showing a real interest in taking photos.  This is one that she took.  I love the different perspectives that she takes her pictures with. 
Dan loves to turn off all the lights and take a photo with the tree lit up!  It looks so cozy! 
I accidentally cut off Dan's head but I was mostly going for a photo of the girls anyway.  They were so happy to finally have ornaments on the tree because just as Anne said "It just isn't Christmas without ornaments!"

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Thanksgiving

The girls and I headed up to Nana and Papa's for Thanksgiving with the cousins!  We went up the day before so when the kids all got up the next morning, we started in on the fun!  We made a fruity turkey!  They had so much fun! 
Bracken couldn't wait to eat it up! 
This is Papa's idea of "staying out of the kitchen"...he premade the mashed potatoes and gravy! 
I love this picture of Bracken.  He looks so much like his dad! 
Aunt La took the kids out to play and they had a blast playing catch!  Here is one with the ball in action.  Such a great aunt! 
Sophie preferred just swinging on the porch. 
One of my favorite babysitters growing up was Jodi Maxfield!  She is now married and lives across the street (and down just a little) and she also just so happens to have small horses that pull carts!  The kids were so excited to go on rides!  The girls loved doing this on PEI in the summer so they were set! 
Little Sophie did a good job staying on the seat! 
This girl LOVES her Papa!  She was in heaven hanging out with him! 
And Anne loves horses so she was also in heaven! 
Nana and Papa took a turn!  I wish I could remember what mom was telling dad! 
Mom said she likes pictures with the people driving away...so I took one of them!  
When it was time for dinner, we all got a leaf to write what we are thankful for... 
and then put them on our thankful tree!  It was fun to read all of them and we weren't put on the spot at dinner time! 
The kids coloring while we waited for the final dinner prep.  I love Bryce's face in this picture!  What a fun kid! 
No, this wasn't our dinner but he sure is a turkey!!!

Monday, November 19, 2012

Putting up the Christmas Tree

Since Dan had to work on Thanksgiving, we decided that we'd celebrate Thanksgiving with him on the Sunday before.  That meant the day after Thanksgiving at our house was on Monday and that is when we put up the tree.  We decorated it after the real Thanksgiving...more of that later!  So, a little tradition we have started is that the girls get Christmas pajamas to wear all December long the night we put up the tree.  They were very excited!!! 
Even though Dan doesn't look very happy in this photo, he really is.  It only took him a few minutes to put it together!  We are loving our new tree that we bought last year! 
The girls then put their ornaments on the tree.  This year's ornaments were purchased on our trip to PEI.  Sophie has an Anne hat with red braids... 
And Anne has an Anne doll.   
This is my favorite!  I love that these two girls are such great friends! 
The girls love posing for photos! 
Pretending to sleep under the tree!  Silly girls!