An Angel Above

As many of you know my grandfather passed away today. I miss him already but know he is in a better place and will always be watching over us. I have been struggling with the words to tell the kids, especially Tyler. Since we are headed up to Chico for Thanksgiving tomorrow I thought I'd better tell them tonight. Tyler was full of questions . . .

"How did he get to heaven?"
"Where is heaven?"
"Can I talk to him?"
"Who will take care of great-grandma now?"
"Won't great-grandma be lonely? I think we'd better go keep her company!"

We talked about how the moon was extra bright tonight because great-grandpa was letting us know he had made his way up to heaven. Tyler looked up at the sky and said "Goodnight great-grandpa." He then told us that "Great-grandpa is going to have a great view of Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve."

Ready for a Thanksgiving Feast

Tyler's been busy at school getting ready for his Thanksgiving Feast. How do you like his Chicago Bear's themed Thanksgiving placemat?

Turkey Cookies

We made turkey cookies today. They didn't turn out quite like the picture I'd seen, but the kids thought they looked great and we had fun making them! The first one is Emma's cookie and the second one is Tyler's cookie. Tyler gobbled up all of his cookie the moment he finished his creation. Emma ate all of the candy and then licked the frosting off, but didn't touch the cookie! How quickly she has learned to love "junk food."

Yes That's a Chinchilla!!!!!

We went to an amazing birthday party over the weekend. A traveling zoo came to teach the kids about 6 different exotic animals. Tyler's favorite animal was the Desert Fox. Emma had to watch from a distance since she wasn't 3 yet . . . but she still enjoyed the show and loved the birthday party. I think her favorite part was cupcake time!

It's the Small Things in Life

Emma had her first lemonade tonight. She was so excited to try it. When I handed the lemonade to her she said "You mean I get to drink this?" She took her first few sips and wasn't sure if she liked it or not . . . but after a few more sips she said "I love it." Tyler's response was "Emma I'm so happy for you that you get to have lemonade now!"

Home Sweet Home

Here's what the house looks like as of today. The brick and stone are finally done. Next up is to stain the garage doors and beams on the front porch. The inside is awaiting appliances, carpet, and crown molding. They also still have to scrape and stain the hardwood floors. We hope to find out our move-in date on Monday!!!!!

Dance Class

Emma had dance today. It was absolutely adorable and she had an amazing time. Here are 2 pictures from class. In the first one she's up on her tippy toes and in the second one she's tying to do the splits.

Our Little Dancer

We enrolled Emma in a dance class last week. She went for a trial class and LOVED every minute of it. Her class consists of both tap and ballet. Over the weekend we went out and bought tap shoes, ballet shoes, tights, and a leotard. She loves to wear her tap shoes around the house and "make music" with her feet. Tonight she wanted to try on the whole outfit. In the first picture she is practicing her ballet moves and in the second picture (which is a little blurry but I just loved it) she is tapping away.