Preschool Christmas program

 Louisa lost it in her buggy as soon as she saw me. And her silly teacher set her free...

 Emi was quite the performer

Louisa happily joined her big sister's class and sang and danced along

Playing in the leaves...

Before collecting in the backyard, the kids wanted to play a bit...

Meet the newest member of our family...

Our Patriot leaf vacuum we named Patty :) It mulches leaves at a 10:1 ratio which means MANY MANY MANY less bags of leaves this year! Woohoo. 

 Cora eagerly driving (and wearing her protective eyewear). Notice the leaves covering our lawn to the left… it's going to be a LONG couple of weekends...

Gobble, gobble, bawk, bawk, quack, quack

 Cora's pilgrim outfit for her Thanksgiving Feast at school…. a dress made by Oba and worn by me and Aunt Becky when we were kids. Now that's a hand-me-down!

 Pinecone turkeys made at the library after story time

 Our new Madea Thanksgiving tradition… a turkey shoot! Cora was a quick learner and a pretty good shot!

 Emi made a valiant effort, looking forward to next year!

A little "musical chairs" before dinner

 Voila, the Turducken...

And all it's accompaniments!

Go, Cora, go!

Happy Birthday, Finn!

Our old boy turned 9 today! What a joy he's been to our family…he's slowing down a bit, but is still the most loving soul :)

Utter delight

Hours and hours and hours of happiness for our girls. Especially Louisa who doesn't have enough hair to do anything with it yet…