happy thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! my parents are Richie's parents all live nearby, so we had everyone over for thanksgiving dinner at our house again this year. i made the turkey (which richie said was the juiciest turkey he'd ever seen), but i didn't even get a picture of it! i did get a picture of the really cute napkin holders that the girls helped me make during lucy's 9 days off from school! they were a big hit! everyone said i was really creative and crafty. no, just bored with all the kids home all day every day. gotta do something to keep them busy, right?





on the last day of school before thanksgiving break, lucy's school had an awards ceremony, and lucy got a AAA award! i think it's an award they give for kids who do their home work, and have made progress in school, and get good grades. here's a picture of her with the other kids in the kindergarten who also got one.



she's the little one in the pink with the pig tails. good news: she's not the smallest kid in the school! there's one other little girl who looks like a 3 year old who is also in kindergarten. yay for lucy!

we put up our christmas tree on black friday (and no, i did not brave the crowds in the wee morning hours to go shopping. i went in the afternoon!).

here's our tree. we even have a few presents underneath it!

good times

smile for me!

cheese!

a baby shower cake i made

look at me, ma!

pretty girl!

at the park driving to the park.

look at those rolls!!!

molly's 1!

this is what you get when you mix this:

with this:

want some?!

halloween

the statue of liberty

dorothy

toilet paper mummies

singing "5 little pumpkins"

being crafty

jayne was a rockstar

dirt 'n' worms

bones that they dipped in blood (marinara sauce)

nutty ghosts

monster jaws

mummy dogs

i threw a halloween party for the girls and a couple of their friends. it went really well, too! we played games, did some crafts, and i made some really festive food for the occasion.

Then we went to the trunk or treat at the church.

my mom's trunk at the trunk or treat.

jayne excited to go trunk or treating

cute little lady bug!