Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all! I had to work on Thanksgiving, so Brian and the kids hung out and played Wii and munched on junk food all day. :) Friday, after I did my annual Black Friday early morning run, Nana and Papa came over for a turkey dinner. That night we went up to Village Pointe for the tree lighting festivities. The girls got to get on stage and sing with the elves, which they loved. There was a small parade with a marching band, several winter characters, and Santa. Santa was in a carriage with Mrs. Claus and a couple of elves. From our side of the street, you couldn't really see Santa, plus he had his head turned the other way. So, after the parade AnLi said, "Did Santa fall off a cliff?" Huh? She hadn't see Santa in the carriage and was adamant that he fell off a cliff. I think she's been playing too much MarioKart. LOL!

Afterwards, they came home and snuggled in the recliner with Max, had their warm milk, and watched the 2008 Disney Christmas parade AGAIN.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We love our girls, wonderful family and friends and have much to be thankful for this year.

The girls LOVE wearing my things. One day they thought it was just hilarious that they had my sunglasses on.




The other night AnLi was supposed to be getting ready for bed. She called me up and told me to bring my camera for a "photo shoot". She had on my boots and wanted me to take her picture doing all of these crazy poses. She feels like a "rock star" with these tall boots on. LOL.

Halloween

(I'm sneaking in Halloween a day before Thanksgiving. How did I get so far behind?)



Both girls had parades and parties at their schools, so we spent a lot of time in the car that day, driving between schools, all hyped up on sugar.
AnLi's school partners with a retirement community and they do things with them on a regular basis. This is where AnLi's parade was. They went up and down the halls and then had a lot of the residents in the activity center to hand out candy. Carli got to join in AnLi's parade.


Carli's parade was at the elementary she attends. They paraded through the halls with all of the students lined up, and then through the gym where the parents were. I walked with Carli and she gave a princess wave the entire way! It was so funny. This is the morning and afternoon classes waiting for the parade.


Take 25! Ko tried a million times to get a picture of us. Why is it so hard to get four people looking at the camera at the same time?


The girls loved handing out the candy.


Carli, AnLi and Carli ready to hit the street

AnLi's 5th Birthday

I've got a lot of catching up to do, and since this is our family scrapbook, I need to make sure I get everything posted. So, everyone is just going to have to bear with me as I try to make up a month's worth of posts, including birthday and Halloween. :)

Since Brian was going to be out of town on AnLi's birthday, we had her little party a couple of days earlier. Nana, Papa and Aunt Beth came for the festivities of presents and cake.






AnLi was insistent that Carli sit with her while she opened presents.


AnLi got lots of great gifts, and there wasn't even a hint of jealousy during the gift-opening portion of the day.




Since spring AnLi has been asking for a Touch 'n Brush. Oh, that's ALL she wanted, along with anything princess. As soon as she opened it, she said "I need suction cups!" We assured her they were in the box. The next day when she was installing it, she was reciting the commercial verbatim. She got it put up all by herself, too. Maybe she watches too much TV?


Then they both got to open a little gift.


Microphones!


Aunt Beth introduced them to Silly String. And it was a hit! I'm not sure we have all laughed so much. Everyone was running around screaming, hiding, and loving it!


Carli...maybe not so much. :)






Aunt Beth and the girls


The girls put on quite a show for us. The $1 microphones were the best gift, of course. They would take turns singing. AnLi would introduce them by saying, "Put your hands together for AnLi and Carli!!!!" And she let us know if we liked their signing, we were supposed to clap. LOL!






Cake and singing was next.


And just like last year, this is when Carli had a little tinge of jealousy.




On AnLi's actual birthday, it was a girls' day at the mall. We did Build-A-Bear first, which the girls really enjoyed. Then it was the time for AnLi's ear piercing. She wanted to do it soooo badly, but she got a little nervous beforehand and had a million questions.


There was only one girl working, so she had to have it done one ear at a time. After the first ear, AnLi kept saying, "Please, no more staples! Please! Please!" The young gal kind of tricked her into getting the second ear done. I was sure we were going to walk out with just one ear pierced.


Five minutes later, over burger and fries, she was all smiles and couldn't wait to show off her "diamonds".


Thanks for all of the birthday presents, cards and well wishes. AnLi had a great "5 birthday" and is already talking about her "6 birthday."