the snow dance

Last Tuesday morning I noticed Ethan's PJ's were on inside out.  I asked him why and he said it was part of his snow dance!  The kids at his school have a little ritual when it's a possibility of a school closure due to snow.  They wear their PJ's inside out, sleep with a spoon under their pillow, and flush the toilet right before bed.  Guess what. . .

it worked!  No school. 

Good job kids!

Thanksgiving Wrap Up

I had so much good help yesterday getting things ready for our big feast.  It was such a nice Thanksgiving!  Chandler helped with the turkey. . . 

 Aidan peeled potatoes

the boys were in charge of table setting

 After dinner we had a turkey trot. . .

 and a piggy-back competition

 and a pie eating contest!  (not really, but we might as well have!)

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

a pre-Thanksgiving Feast

 Chandler's had the cutest program and feast for all the little pilgrims and Indians!  They knew Emilee was coming and even made her a costume.  They loved it!  Especially Emilee, who ate like a pilgrim who had starved through the winter!!

 Here are our little Jasper and Constance Wilde.  Happy to be in the new world!

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!!!  Eat lots of pie!

lap warmer

I don't know what was up with Emilee last week, but she seemed to pass through this phase where she HAD to be attached to me at all times.  If we were both awake, she wanted me to be holding her, or to be sitting on my lap, no matter what my activity.  See seems to be moving on now.

If I walked out of a room, she'd yelp "Don't leave me!"  If I put her down, she would pull her legs up so I couldn't set her down easily, and then hold onto my leg like a koala bear.  Wherever I wandered, she was right beside me.  "I want to go with you!"  I'm glad she seems a little more independent this week, as I am accomplishing lots more!  But I hope my little lap warmer comes to visit again from time to time for a snuggle!

keeping me humble

You know, if I hadn't known they were kidding, I just might have been offended.

Bon Appetit!

CRASH!

I'm sure this post isn't going to be as exciting as you are thinking it may be with a title like "crash!" I'm not talking about anything crashing except Chandler crashing into bed!  This boy. . .

is such a hoot.  He goes 110 mph all day long.  And when it's time for bed, he literally crashes!  Last night, I was out at bed time, and when I came home Gordon and the boys had placed friendly bets on how long it would take Chan-man to fall asleep.  They decided they'd check after 3 minutes and sure enough, he was snoring!

Tonight I upped the anti a bit and placed a friendly bet on 75 seconds.  And guess what I saw and heard when I went back to check. . .  

ZZZZZzzzzzzzzz. . . .

I think this is pretty amazing since we put him to bed with Emilee in her crib right next to the bed, and she was still chatting with her dolls!

the wonderful wool

Do you love wool?  I do.  Except when it's scratchy on my neck.  But otherwise, I love it.  Recently, upon trying to dress Emilee for church, we discovered that she is getting mighty tall for many of her dresses.  And the ones that did fit were summery.  That same afternoon, I bumped into this beautiful piece of wool Grammy gave me a while back and thought, "it's time."  So, with no further adieu:  the wonderful wool jumper.  Designed on a scrap of paper bag and made with only geometry, and no pattern.  It's amazing what you can do with a little know-how.

 The skirt is a "circle skirt" so Emilee likes to fluff it out into a big circle!

 So cute!  And so fun!  And so warm and wooly!

Pumpkin Carving

We have had a really fun halloween with Gram in town.  Last monday for FHE we carved pumpkins.  It was a gooey good time!