Post-Thanksgiving Bliss

A Snowy Day in Vermont

Little Girl/Big City

Elle was super excited to go to work with Bri in the city on Wednesday.  She now thinks "working" involves eating donuts, cupcakes, and Pirates Booty while running around an office collecting dollar bills from kind strangers.  Sounds about right, yeah Brian?

Kindergarten Feast

Me and E at her Kindergarten "Thanksgiving Feast."  Someday my presence at school functions will aggravate and embarrass her, but today?  Today she was psyched.

Smiley Girl

...almost four months...

A Very Useful Boy

Proof the house has been dusted at least ONCE since we moved in.

Blanket Fort

Gabe's feeling better, but not quite good enough to go back to school today.  Since he did nothing but watch TV yesterday I figured I ought to step up my game today.  Blanket Fort!  Complete with twinkly lights.  All before I finished my morning coffee!  Can I go back to bed now?  I've accomplished enough for the day, right?

Shhhhhh

Sick kids are the worst, but sleepy snuggles are a small silver lining.

(Don't worry, mom...He's just got a cold.)

Snugglebunnies

Head's Up!

And just for nostalgia's sake...here's Ellie in the same hat:

Halloween Round Up

Hot damn.  When you live near Sleepy Hollow, Halloween isn't a day...it's a season.  There was the ragamuffin parade, the grown up parade, the kindergarten parade, and then FINALLY actually Halloween.  I'm exhausted.  Bring on Thanksgiving.

Elle at the neighbors.  They take Halloween very seriously.

See what I mean?

At the pumpkin patch.  I came dangerously close to failing on the pumpkin front.  Anyone looking for a christmas tree?  Home Depot's your place.

One of Gabe's many, many costumes.

Ellie's kindergarten class at the school parade.

Scraping the "spider webs" out of the pumpkin.

Queen Elsa descending the library steps.

Costume change!

Costume change!

Andrew and his margarita.

Waiting for the show to start.

The actual costume I made Gabe that he wore for approximately six minutes.

Happy Halloween!