Merry Christmas!!!

Yup - it's only November, but Christmas is in full swing in our house. The outside lights are up, the inside decorations are up, the tree is up (but not decorated) and the boys are looking for the elves each morning (wonder when they'll be here).

Follow this link to see my little elves - they are so cute!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9608317740

Happy Thanksgiving!

Finally got around to posting some photos from Thanksgiving. We spend the morning in our PJ's watching both the Philly and NY parades (which Steven singing and dancing to the High School Musical productions!), then drove over to Mom's for dinner. We had a fantastic dinner, and Kendyl even joined us at the table (as she usually does for meals - why do babies always have to wake at meal times?!?!). Then we headed over to MomMom and PopPop's for desert.

We got home at a decent hour, so we made some popcorn and put on a Christmas movie - Home Alone. Lots of family time and laughter on this holiday.

School

Yesterday Kendyl and I went to school to see Andrew's class make animal cells and plant cells from food. The round (ricecake) one is the animal cell and the square (bread) is the plant cell. Andrew can tell you what each item represents!

After a few photos there, we grabbed a few photos for the yearbook in some classrooms and the halls (saw Steven going to lunch), shopped at the book fair, then off to the lunchroom to see Steven and take more yearbook photos.

Kendyl was soooooooooooo good. I had her in the front Baby Bjorn pack and she slept the whole time. Then we ran to the mall to get her Christmas dress.

Edit - this was last week, but I forgot to publish the blog - oops!

Say Cheese!

Kendyl found her smile this week. She discovered this at 4 am on Tuesday morning this week, and keeps giving us random smiles (especially in the middle of the night!). I finally was able to capture her beautiful, heartwarming smile on camera this morning.

Not to jinx ourselves, but she sleep for 6.5 hours last night!!!! Gotta keep that going.

Colorful---Creative---Fun

The boys had another 2 days off of school this week so we decided to take a day trip! We invited our good friends Marianne and Joe for a day of colorful fun. Off the the Crayola Factory!!!

We all had a great time and Kendyl was on her best behavior, sleeping most of the day (yes that is how she sleeps, with arms folded - too cute!) : -)

The last time we were there was probably 7 years ago, so it was nice to visit again. The boys loved getting a sample pack of crayons and a marker that were made right there. I think the model magic room was the favorite though as we spent the most time there.

Enjoy a few photos from our fantastic day.

Bedtime

Just wanted to share some adorable pictures of the kids. Steven loves when Kendyl comes to put him to bed at night. He was even holding her, reading a magazine a few minutes before I got the camera. He is so good with her.

Andrew is tolerating her, and we can tell he loves and cares for her more than he will admit.

Trick or Treat

Here are a few photos of the gang in their costumes. The boys had a wonderful time trick or treating. They did our entire neighborhood, then we went over to Ridgelea to enjoy more trick or treating.

Andrew - Paintball Dude

Steven - Police Swat Team

Kendyl - Tootsie Roll