Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!  Thursday was spent at our home with a low key ham dinner.  Gramma, Papa and Emmie came over to join in on the fun.

After dinner and naps the kids woke up to Trixie.  She has officially arrived for the season.  The kids are thrilled.  Me, not so much.  Just one more thing I have to remember to take care of every day.

Trixie did come bearing gifts.  The kids received matching Christmas PJ's, popcorn and hot chocolate.

On Saturday we celebrated Thanksgiving with all of the fixings.  This time Momo and Auntie Abbie joined the crowd from Thursday.

Finn is too busy to take pictures these days.

The crowd was even able to enjoy a play put on by the littles: "The Three Little Pigs".

The First Snow

We experienced the first snowfall of the year last weekend.  I was the only one who was unhappy about it.

The kids went to bed dreaming of white fluffy snow to play in and woke up to just that.

Olivia was outside for all of five minutes.  It took longer to get her dressed!  Snow is fun until the wind starts to blow at 30 miles an hour.  Brrr.

Finn was a trooper and helped dad shovel the whole driveway.

That's Finn in there, if you couldn't tell.

Olivia the evening of the snow, catching the flakes on her tongue.

Since it was snowing I found it fitting to put the Christmas tree up.  I was lectured by Finley when he came in from playing in the snow.  "Mommy, it's not even Thanksgiving yet."

Lagomarcino's Cocoa Bean Race

I ran Lagomarcino's Cocoa Bean race a few weekends ago.  I was pleasantly surprised with my time, but even more impressed with the chocolate and hot cocoa that I received afterwards.

The kids even ran the kids race.  Of course, the only reason why they ran it was because of the chocolate that they received after.

The kidlettes with their after race Minion Oreo's:

Patiently waiting for Mommy

Or just being goofy

Post race photo with Mommy

Families that race together.....eat chocolate together!