Thanksgiving 2015

I gotta start somewhere when trying to catch up on the blog, right?

Trish & Anatol planned a last minute Thanksgiving trip to be with us & we continued our tradition of an improperly prepared turkey.  Tis the season!

On our way to the airport we stopped in Boston & had lunch at Qunicy market.  Nora & Brenna were much more interested in chasing pigeons than looking at the giant Chritmas tree.

Ted was smack dab in the middle of preparing to change jobs again, but that transition is almost done now.  He starts back at Liberty Mutual doing Innovation next Monday after a lovely "break from work".  He sent me to Kripalu for a couple days.  I'm a very lucky mom.

Love of Snow

Although we've had minimal snow so far this winter Brenna & Nora are very enthusiastic about playing with it.  So much so that it didn't even bother them when it was pouring cold rain on us.  

Happy Halloween!

This year both Brenna & Nora were enthusiastic on Halloween to actually wear their costumes.  I started asking them many weeks ago what they would like to dress up as & they surprised me when they continued to say they both wanted to be witches.  I wasn't sure how they actually knew what a witch was, but then I remembered the Curious George Halloween book which includes 5 little witches.

Ted & I were able to make the costumes in time for our first event a few weeks ago.  That was an improvement since we are deadline driven people that are usually staying up late the night before Halloween :)

Saba & Grandma Trish were here visiting.  They had fun handing out treats with Brenna & Nora. We turned down the lights, lit some candles and the girls would hide & listen for the knocks from the trick or treaters.  For those candy enthusiasts - don't fret, they had a couple treats themselves, but I was proud when they declined the cider donut at the neighborhood party.

Dakota's Departure

Well I haven't done any blog posts all summer.  Not the many fun NH trips with family, not the trip to Cape Cod, weekly Walden pond visits, 3rd birthday party or even first day of preschool.  Not yet anyway :)

I am doing one tonight.  Tonight Dakota flew to Germany & will work there for an undetermined amount of time. It's the end of an era.  She started helping us with Nora & Brenna when they were only 9 months old & now they are 3!  She has helped our family tremendously.  She has been an incredible blessing & I am over the moon with gratitude for her.  

Koda - We hope you have a superb time on your adventure & can't wait to hear about it.  We love you!

Cuties

After playing outside we had some fun picture time inside in our matching shorts! 

(check out brenna's abs!)

Painting Rocks!

I've been meaning to paint rocks with the girls for a while this summer since they have so many collected. We finally did it on my last day babysitting before school starts! These girls are getting so big! 

Love how she leans way back on her trike

Playing bumper trikes