November Fun

We had lots of fun this November: days at Grandma's house, Sarah's birthday, a trip to California, and finally Thanksgiving. It was a fun month. Here are some of the moments that I didn't already write about in our other posts.

 Sarah loves to color, and now Chris is getting in on the fun too. He will color on anything once he gets a crayon or a marker in his hand. It is rather dangerous.

 We spend a lot of time dancing and twirling at our house. Sarah's dance music of choice lately is the Nutcracker Suite. She can sing her favorite Nutcracker songs. 

 We all had dentist appointments, and I was pretty nervous for Sarah's because she freaked out last time. No problem at all this round. She lounged right back in the chair and enjoyed the "tickly toothbrush".

 Chris is walking everywhere and climbing everything. He loves making Mommy nervous. Fortunately he is also pretty resilient. Bonks don't get him down for long.

 Kelson finished his recruiter training and is settling in nicely at his new job as the Naval Officer recruiter for our region.

 Sarah loves building with Magformers. She and Kelson come up with some pretty amazing creations. This one was a temple. 

 I went to JoAnn's to check out their pre-Black Friday sale. Both kids fell asleep on the way there and slept through my whole shopping trip. Best day ever!

 Whenever Chris needs comfort, he tucks his hand inside my shirt. We spend a lot of time like this.

 One of our Thanksgiving traditions is making hand turkeys and writing what we are thankful for on them. It is always a fun activity. Sarah told us all of the things to write on hers.

We spent Thanksgiving with my family this year. For the second year, we kicked off the morning with the Turkey Trot in downtown Baker. This year Chris and I joined Kelson. My time was terrible, but we had fun. 

When I asked Sarah what kind of pie she wanted to make, she was very insistent that we needed to make an Elsa pie. The best idea I could come up with was to make a chocolate pie (which is the only kind Sarah will actually eat) and top it with pastry snowflakes. Sarah was very happy with it.

I forgot to take any pictures at Thanksgiving dinner, but we had a wonderful day. We went to my Aunt Diane's house in Union and dinner with lots of our extended family. We have so much to be grateful for. It is truly a blessed life that we lead.