Back in the beginning of October we went to a Day Out with Thomas. The kids loved it. They got to ride on Thomas and do activities. A few being a maze, bouncy house, and, of course, toy trains. It was worth doing, and hopefully we can do it again someday.
We carved our pumpkins early. Too early. They weren't any good by the time Halloween rolled around. But I think Jake did a great job carving them. And the glow sticks made them look great.
The kids picked out their own costumes. Brylee picked Jesse (from Toy Story) and Zach picked Iron Man. Their costumes made me laugh. Brylee's hat makes her look like an Amigo and Zach isn't an Iron Man fan. He has no interest in watching Iron Man. But he likes pretending to be him. Kids are weird. But all that matters is that they enjoyed their costumes.We had fun trick-or-treating. We had the ward trunk-or-treat on Friday the 29th and the base only allowed trick-or-treating on Saturday the 30th. After about an hour and a half on Saturday the kids were wiped out. But when Sunday night rolled around they were ready to head out again.
We decided to decorate the tree early this year. The kids are so excited for Christmas we couldn't put it off for long. We let the kids decorate the tree then we redecorated it a few days later. If you look at the tree you'll notice big bunches of ornaments. We tried to get the kids to decorate higher and more spread out, but they didn't want to. What they ended up doing was loading up a few branches with as many ornaments as they could fit. They didn't move on to another branch until they couldn't fit anymore on. But as you can see on Brylee's face, they LOVED it.
This past Monday for FHE we did ginger bread houses (that's right. We're in Christmas full steam) . They aren't real ginger bread houses. Just kits we got from walmart. But they had fun watching me and Jake suffer trying to get these things together. And they love playing with them. Not bad for $5.
Today Jake and I had our very first Thanksgiving on our own. We had a couple of Jake's friends from work over and enjoyed grown-up conversation. Atleast I did seeing as I don't get much. The turkey turned out great. We were so nervous. We used a turkey bag and the directions on it were different from Butterball's instructions, so we guessed. But it was absolutely perfect. The only thing missing was family.
We decided to decorate the tree early this year. The kids are so excited for Christmas we couldn't put it off for long. We let the kids decorate the tree then we redecorated it a few days later. If you look at the tree you'll notice big bunches of ornaments. We tried to get the kids to decorate higher and more spread out, but they didn't want to. What they ended up doing was loading up a few branches with as many ornaments as they could fit. They didn't move on to another branch until they couldn't fit anymore on. But as you can see on Brylee's face, they LOVED it.
This past Monday for FHE we did ginger bread houses (that's right. We're in Christmas full steam) . They aren't real ginger bread houses. Just kits we got from walmart. But they had fun watching me and Jake suffer trying to get these things together. And they love playing with them. Not bad for $5.
Today Jake and I had our very first Thanksgiving on our own. We had a couple of Jake's friends from work over and enjoyed grown-up conversation. Atleast I did seeing as I don't get much. The turkey turned out great. We were so nervous. We used a turkey bag and the directions on it were different from Butterball's instructions, so we guessed. But it was absolutely perfect. The only thing missing was family.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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