Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving break was a warm welcome at our house. Having a child in school all day has it's perks but in all honesty I would rather have her home. So I took Thanksgiving break and tried to enjoy every minute of it while everyone was home together. 

June and Owen had the whole week off from school, so we played at parks, played at home and truly did nothing. It was delightful. We needed the nothingness for a couple of days. 

Dan got home around noon on Wednesday and we played with Daddy and then we went and had dinner at McDonalds since the next day we would be cooking all day.

This man. I heart him to no end. 

Dan is a baking machine and pretty much has taken over in the kitchen. I love it! I'm not the biggest fan of cooking and have absolutely no desire to be that domestic of a wife, but Dan loves it so more power to him and I get the benefits of eating it! Haha So really he made most of our Thanksgiving dinner. Including these gorgeous rolls! 

Thursday morning we woke up, turned the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on by tradition, and got busy in the kitchen. With lots of help! 

Dan also made homemade peanut butter balls and homemade peppermint paddies. 

Yes, Dan also get's credit for the tarts and pies. 

Table set for our little family of five!

Our turkey cooked beautifully and was so good! 

Ready to dig in! 

A day full of cooking and then food is gone in 10 minutes. Haha it was all so good and we were pleased with how our meal turned out. 

Kate was asleep when we had actual Thanksgiving dinner so she ate later that day. June was helping her by giving her giant spoonfuls of whipping cream. 

They weren't too happy when I cut them off!

Naps are always a must on Thanksgiving after a full cooked meal and full tummies. I was just happy I got to nap next to the best snuggler around! 

Once we all were awake and ready to get on with the evening, we loaded up and went for a walk around our neighborhood. 

The next day we were pretty anxious to get Christmas going, so we went and got our tree first thing. 

I had quite the time convincing Dan to get a 12ft' tree this year instead of our usual 6ft. I told him we needed the height. Our ceilings are really tall and when I finally wore him down we needed up with a 12ft. Tree. :) 

We got the tree inside, let it rest and we spent the majority of the day outside. We have been having the warmest weather for the month and it's been great and all but we are ready for those chilly temps to come around. 

The sky was so pink that day. It was pretty. 

The kids kept bugging us over and over again to get the tree decorated and finally the next morning we let that happen. 

We pulled out all our Christmas decorations and it felt like we were moving all over again! I forget how much we have for Christmas. The best is our little nativity. It makes the kids so happy and makes my heart happy. 

Of course Kate is obsessed with the tree ornaments! We already have had a few broken ones. 

So now that we got our tree in and set up we are so happy we went with a taller tree. A smaller one would have looked off with the height. It all worked out in the end! Dan even mentioned going taller next year! WHAT?! 

Hanging the star on the tree 

Trips to Walmart for more Christmas Garland! 

We honestly didn't even know if we would have lights on our house. It's tall and getting lights up seemed pretty impossible, but we ended up hiring someone to come do it for us and it turned out perfectly! Exactly how I had pictured it!! 

Thanksgiving is all wrapped up and we are in full blown Christmas over here. I love it! This time of year and all it's magic. 

November Randoms

With Fiji being at the beginning of this month and then Thanksgiving at the end, there are just a few randoms to share for November. 

Kate loves books. I find her all over the house with a book in hand, she has a book when she goes to sleep and she is looking at when I get her from her crib. So anytime a book is laying around, you better believe she's looking at it. 

Kate hasn't been using a high chair for quite sometime now, but she has recently been obsessed with sitting on the counter. She loves it! 

Lots of Kate this month! Haha 

Their is a park right across the street from Owen's school and we went and played one day after dropping him off. 

I found her like this one afternoon with the container of vegi straws and sitting in the laundry basket. 

One afternoon we went for a walk and found a turtle on the trail right by our house. The kids were so fascinated with it! We ended up going back later that night to show Dan when he got home from work. The kids loved watching him crawl around. 

Super gross to post. I know but I got attacked by an ant hill one day at a park. It was the worst! My foot was so swollen and itchy for days!! 

Taking family pictures, Owen grabbed June's hand and said "June, we better hold hands, just to be safe." It was a heart melter for sure. 

Family pictures in the making 

We took a few pictures  in this infinity pond and then the kids had the freedom to play. They got soaking wet! We thankfully packed pajamas and were able to dry them off. 

June's teacher had a baby at the end of September and was on Maternity leave for the last few months. So Ms. S was June's teacher. Her last day was right before Thanksgiving break. It was sad. June really liked Ms. S and I really liked her too. She was a great teacher! 

June and I were doing yoga together one day. We have  a lot of fun playing around. 

A bigger house has meant we are basically starting from scratch with our Christmas decorations, so we have spent a lot of time in Christmas sections in the last handful of days. Kate loved this dancing Santa. 

Park days!

The kids spent probably an hour playing "beds" with these blue benches. 

Owen and June were racing Owen's Mario Kart. They had a lot of  fun! 

I think I have mentioned before how much Owen loves soft pretzels. They just opened a pretzel shop in our Walmart and it's a must whenever we go. 

The weather has been amazing in Texas. We have been living on the tramp. Kate spends a lot of time out there jumping. I love it because she is caged in and she stays out there forever! 

 June sharing her school work! It says "My mom is the best, because she plays we me". She is getting so good with her reading and writing. 

Our roof is pretty high and I was a bit worried we weren't going to have lights on our house! I honestly was a bit heart broken about it. Thankfully we hired people to come and get them on our house and around the yard! They are perfect! I love our house! 

We had a fitness night for mutual and our kick boxing instructor became sick that day, so she was out last minute. I needed up doing a yoga session with the girls, which then lead to group poses. We had a lot of fun! 

And that's it for November randoms. 

I am so so happy it's December. Everything makes me giddy! It's just all so magical. 

Let all the festivities begin!!