Happy Thanksgiving!

November 28, 2013

Good morning to all and Happy Thanksgiving!  This is my first Thanksgiving where I get to eat more than just milk and boy am I excited!  This holiday sounds fantastic.  What could be better then a holiday where you get to eat and eat and eat.  I love to eat!

I had fun playing peek-a-boo with the fire place.  Don't worry Grammy and Granpy didn't have any other their fire places going while we were there, so they were sure fun to hide behind!

Normally it is Granpy or Daddy or Uncle Scott who ends up on the ground with all of us on them, but Grammy ended up on the ground and we quickly flocked to her and got her.  I was really excited that my cousins, Sydney, Tyler, and Wyatt got here!  I love cousin time!

Doing a little hanging out with Sydney and Wyatt.  We watched the Macy's Day parade for a little bit actually not very long, but we are now in the Thanksgiving day spirit.

I was happy to have Granpy walk me around the house!

It was time to make the stuffing and get the turkey into the oven.  We all took turns helping make the stuffing and stirring the bowl!  

Now it is Tyler turn to help.  I am sure the stuffing turned out better than ever with all the help that Grammy and Aunt Helen got!

While the big kids were helping make stuffing, I found Uncle Scott to hangout with!

Since it was another sunny day in Longview, we decided to all head to the park again.  This time it was with my cousins and Granpy came too this time.  

Tyler and I wanted to ride on the saucer together!

All of us wanted to get on the saucer at the same time.  Well, all except Makayla who was probably busy sliding!

Aunt Sarah got in the car for one crazy ride.  She sure is a fun and brave aunt!

After everybody got out, I got a turn to ride in the car!

Aunt Helen spotted me while I climbed up the tall ladder!

I wanted to climb the rocks again today.  I am such a brave little girl.  This time mommy went up with me to help me along!

After naps, it was time for Thanksgiving dinner.  We got to sit at the kids table and were sure excited about it.  Look at the yummy food on our plates!  Don't worry I got the traditional black olives to eat!  It wouldn't be thanksgiving without black olives.  

Wyatt ate at the big table!

I sure liked my Thanksgiving day feast!  The turkey was yummy.  I got some sweet potato and gravy.  I was a big fan of gravy on my turkey.  I even liked the pickled beets that I tried, which surprised everybody there.  Grammy and Aunt Helen love them, so they were on the table and McKenzie asked what they were and wanted to try them.  She actually liked them too.  Once I saw her trying them, I wanted to try them myself.  We are so silly in what we eat.  

Since it was thanksgiving, I got to have a black olive to eat off of my thumb!

Those black olives were yummy!  I kept shoveling all my food in!  Yep!  It is official, I am a big fan of Thanksgiving!

After dinner, we even got to have pie for dessert!  I got to have a small piece of apple and chocolate.  I liked the chocolate pie the best, but the apple was sure good!

Sydney and I had fun eating our pie together!

Wyatt had to finish his dinner before he got pie!  He is busy  working on getting it done.  

Tyler seems to be savoring every bite of his pie right up to the very last bite!

A bed time story with Grammy before we headed to bed and all the grown-ups when out black Friday shopping.  None of the grown-ups went out black Friday shopping on either Thursday or Friday, what a boring group!

Grammy and Granpy's house for Thanksgiving!

November 26, 2013

Today, we piled in the car to head up to Grammy and Granpy's house.  It was a long drive, but we were good troopers.  I am excited to be able to watch one of my shows.  A movie that I got to pick out at the library!  Belle and Hops got to join us on the journey and enjoyed the feature presentation.  

November 27, 2013

 That morning, I went right to exploring.  I found my way around the end table and had fun playing peek-a-boo. 

 Grammy got out some really fun toys for me to play with.  I have a pretend umbrella on my head.  Do you think this will keep the rain off me? 

 I wanted to play with the cash register, so crawled through the middle to get to it!

 It was a sunny day in Longview, so we headed to the park to play.  I found a tunnel that you could climb in.  I am trying to get to the top.  It is a lot easier to slide down.   

 I got to do a little swinging.  I love to swing!

 Aunt Helen got to push me on the swing.   

 There was a fun bouncy car that rocked back and forth and side to side.  It was fun to drive.   

 I was one brave 3 year old and climbed up the climbing rock to the top!

 At the top, was a big slide which I was excited about going down! 

 I wanted to go up the rock that McKenzie climbed up.  I got to sit and hang out on the rock!  Don't worry I wasn't left by myself to sit there while mommy took a picture.  Aunt Helen was right there to make sure I was safe.   

 We had a great time at the park with Grammy and Aunt Helen.  Thanks for taking us.

I decided that it would be fun to climb a little bit higher.  I definitely have a more adventurous side then my sister every did at this age!

 Aunt Helen got on the rock to help me climb all the way to the top and Grammy met me there.  It was fun climbing so high.  

 There was this saucer swing which was fun to swing on.  Thanks for pushing me high Grammy! 

 Makayla got on with me to try it out.  I held on to her and we didn't go as high as when I was by myself.  We enjoyed the ride.   

 I found out that I loved the slide.  Aunt Helen has me ready to go!

It brought a huge smile to my face every time I got to the top! 

 All I have to do is let go and slide!

 I smiled the whole way down!  It was a blast! 

There is mommy ready to catch me!  Watch me go mommy!

McKenzie wanted to catch me at the bottom.  As soon as I was at the bottom I was asking to go again.  I would say, "mor, mor"  I had to have gone down that slide 20 or so times and would have gone down all day if I was aloud.  

 I keep getting braver and braver.   There wasn't anything I wouldn't do on the playground.  

 I had fun climbing all the way up to the top, so I could go down the big slide.  

 I slid down the tunnel and then wanted to climb back up!  We had fun at the park!  Glad there was a nice sunny day, so we could go and play! 

 After my nap, I had fun climbing on Aunt Helen.   

 This is Pam.  She is one of Grammy and Granpy's good friends.  Mommy has known her since she was born.  Her and Butch came over to see us and have dinner!

 After dinner, I warmed up to Butch and we had fun playing with the toys!

 I thought it was funny when he tickled my toes!

 Pam and I read a lot of books together.  It was sure fun seeing Pam and Butch! 

 We were all in the same area at the same time, so mom tried to get a good picture of us with Grammy and Granpy.   

 Granpy and I had fun ready some books together!  We had a fun 1st day at Grammy and Granpy's house.  

We love to play!

November 21, 2013

 I got to have my 1st experience at dress-up.  McKenzie got a bunch of princess dresses from Sienna that she had out grown.  She thought it would be fun to have me dress up with her.  I am proud to present Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty!

 I was very excited to have my sister dress up with me!  She is trying to figure out how to move in her dress. 

 I got it all figured out and was able to move around in my dress.  It was easier once I got into a standing position.  It was fun to play dress up.  

November 23, 2013

 Today while mommy was cooking dinner, she opened this fun drawer for us to play in.  Nothing better than Tupperware.   

 We played the whole time while mommy was making dinner.  It was a great way to keep us entertained, so that, dinner could get made.  

 November 25, 2013

 I decided to have a picnic with my favorite dolls and frog.  I set each of them a place and brought them some fake food.  It was a fun picnic at my little table.  I think Belle, Katie, and Hops, the frog, enjoyed themselves. 

 Enjoying myself at the picnic.  

A sweet smile for the camera!