Thanksgiving & an Early Present for Blake

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. Granddaddy Jim & Granola drove up from Florida and Blake & Dylan were both here so that made it extra special. Granola helped Abby with her school project to make a gingerbread person. She cut out an extra so Jacob could make one, too! For Thanksgiving dinner, Steve made his mom's delicious dressing and I made all of our favorite sides. I ordered the ham from Honeybaked Ham and it was YUMMY!

After dinner, we played "Rock Band." Thanksgiving night Granola took Steve, Blake & Dylan to see "Four Christmases" while Granddaddy & I stayed home with Abby & Jacob. He & I attempted to play "Rock Band" and had lots of fun laughing at ourselves. When they got home, Granddaddy, Granola, Blake & Dylan played Boxerjam on the computer--very addictive!

That night, Blake got an early 16th birthday present--tickets to the Steelers-Cowboys game in Pittsburgh. Steve & Blake are heading out Saturday to spend two days in Pittsburgh. Blake is VERY excited and we hope this will be a birthday to remember for him!

Abby the Indian & Jacob's Thanksgiving Dinner

At school, Abby is learning all about Thanksgiving (Pilgrims, Indians & the Mayflower). One of their projects was to make some "Indian" clothes and then they had a Kindergarten Thanksgiving party. They ate beef jerky, raisins, cranberries and other food like they may have eaten on the first Thanksgiving. Ms. Hunter, her teacher, was very nice to make sure Abby had some allergen free foods because the other kids had popcorn and peanuts as well.

Jacob's pre-K invited all of the parents to join them in a traditional Thanksgiving meal. It was delicious and so much fun to get to eat with Jakey! My favorite part of the meal was to listen to the kids sing grace... too sweet!

I asked Jacob if I could take his picture and he wanted to make sure his marshmallow could be included~
Abby & her "clothes" and placemat!

Dylan's Wrestling Tournament

Last weekend, Steve drove up to S.C. to watch Dylan's wrestling tournament. He had 3 matches scheduled and he won the first one because the other wrestler didn't show up. He won the second match (9-0). He wanted to leave with Steve so he left before his 3rd match, but the guy he was supposed to wrestle broke his arm so he would not have wrestled anyway. Here are some pics...

The Pampered Princess

Yesterday, I took Abby to Sweet 'n' Sassy to get the "Pampered Princess" package (wash, cut, and style her hair; pedicure and manicure). She had a great time and chose french braids for her hairstyle. Here are some pics...




Excuse her messy face, they had ravioli for dinner!

Abby's toes (by the time she'd been home an hour she'd already scuffed her big toe).

Cube Starts with "Q"

The other night Jacob and I were playing a little game where one of would say "What word starts with a __ (place letter here)?" and the other one would reply with a word. Well, I asked Jacob "What word starts with a Q?" and he said "Cube." I said "Cube starts with a C." Then he looked at me and said very slowly "No, listen Mommy Q-Q-cube." It was very cute!

Abby and Jacob were given the opportunity to vote at school (not based on anything other than the names, I guess). Well, Abby voted for John McCain and Jacob voted for Barack Obama (which he says "Buk-O-bom-bom"). When asked why he voted for Buk-O-bom-bom Jacob said "Because he can dance."

Things here are going well. Blake is at a football game tonight. Steve, the kids and I are just hanging out. We're very ready for the holidays and our visit from Granddaddy Jim and Granellie (or as the kids say "Granola").

I will post some photos soon!