Princess Anna

Anna went to her first birthday party! And it was a princess birthday party. Anna was very excited to dress up in her Cinderella dress for the party. At the party she had her nails painted-something she had never done before! She had a great time and come home with a goody bag that said Princess Anna!

Anna is 3!

Anna had her birthday at the first of this month. I can't believe she is already 3! She has a very bubbly personality and you never know what is going to come out of her mouth! The one thing that is always constant with her is her love for chocolate. Her only request for her birthday was a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting! And that is what she got!!!

Thanksgiving Tradition

This year we went to Justin's house for Thanksgiving. We had a great time and ate lots of delicious food! One of are favorite parts of Thanksgiving is making fruit cocktail. This is something Justin's dad has been doing since he was a boy. Justin's dad buys a bunch of fruit-apples, grapefruit, bananas, pears, peaches, grapes, oranges and pineapple. Then we all gather together and cut fruit. Anna and Tanner joined in for the first time this year. They cut bananas and Tanner also helped with pears. We had a lot of fun and the cocktail was delicious as always!

The crock for the fruit cocktail in the beginning

AFTER!

Cutting bananas.

Yes! It Snowed!

On Wednesday morning we woke up to snow. Tanner and Anna were ready to run out the door in their pajamas. After much coaxing I convinced them they had to wait until we went and bought some boots! I think everyone at Target was in the same place-the boot aisle. After searching high and low we were able to find boots for both of them! Then it was off to play! They had a great time and we finished it off with some hot chocolate!


Carter joined in getting dressed but didn't get to go outside!
Ready to go play!

What a cute Red Sox fan!

Snow Angels

Now most of the snow is gone and the kids are waiting for more!

Carter is 5 month old

Carter is now 5 1/2 months old. I have been taking pictures of him in the green chair with George so I can see the difference in his growth each month. I take it on the 15th of every month since he was born on that day! (I'm a little slow posting this)

He is a very fun and happy baby. He loves to play on the floor and is trying to crawl already! He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth. And when that doesn't get him anywhere he falls forward and then starts all over again. I think soon he will figure out how to move those hands! Tanner and Anna can't seem to get enough of him-which can be good and bad!

Halloween

I thought I would finally post some of our pictures from Halloween and the activities leading up to it! This year we went to a pumpkin patch and picked out our own pumpkins. We had a great time and the kids loved the hunt for the perfect pumpkin. Here are some pictures at the pumpkin patch.

Tanner and Anna loved cleaning out their pumpkins this year. They didn't think it was too gross!

The finished pumpkins. Tanner wanted his pumpkin to have a happy face. Anna wanted her pumpkin to be scary!

Ready to go trick-or-treating!

Carter on Halloween day!


These are the pictures I had taken of the kids in their costumes!

We had a great Halloween and we are now looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas!

California

We recently returned from a trip to California. We had a blast. We stayed with Justin's sister Allison and her husband Philip. They were awesome hosts! They fed us well, played with the kids and watched Carter. We went to Disneyland, California Adventure, Legoland, the beach and Seaworld. Tanner loved the cars-Autopia and Anna loved the Merry-go-round at Disneyland. We went on both rides lots of times. Legoland was the perfect place for their ages. They loved all the rides there. My sister, Johi was able to join us at Seaworld. Which was great. And were able to see Andy and Emily for dinner.

It was strange to go back to California as a visitor since I grew up there. It always feels like home when I go back. I felt like a kid at Disneyland and it was fun to be there with my kids.

We had a great time and are looking forward to going next year!