Happy Thanksgiving

We had a very nice Thanksgiving this year. I missed seeing my family, but had to work both Thursday and today, and honestly didn't feel like I needed to add the stress of a quick visit to my life. Brennan had been getting excited for the holiday and was wishing everyone Happy Thanksgiving, and Thursday morning Adam woke up and said he wanted to make a meal for Brennan. And it was great. As we said our prayer, Brennan said he was thankful for his mom and dad, and the drs that give him shots so he can stay healthy....
This is Chicken Tom, our centerpiece for our meal on Thanksgiving. He made some great art projects at daycare. (instead of Turkey Tom he has been calling him Chicken Tom)

The happy family getting ready for the meal, Chicken, ranch potatoes, cornbread stuffing, corn, rolls and pumpkin pie. yum yum

Baptism

Quinn was baptised earlier this month. She didn't made a peep. Just a few weird faces when the water went on her head.

Halloween

Halloween was sort of a bust over here. Brennan was really diggin' in hard with the heels and the 2 year old independence and did not want to wear a costume to any of the events that we went to. There were some costume parades at the Y daycare; did not want to participate. We went to Schneider (Adam's work) to trick or treat; no costume, so I would not let him get any candy. Sweet Street, an event at the Packer stadium; no costume. Halloween at the Y; no costume. And trick or treating in the neighborhood; no costume. I really thought he'd have been OK with the smock/cape thing but hate the hat, and it was the other way around. He was OK with the hat, but no way was he wearing the cape. He was supposed to be a dragon. On the positive side, at least there is no candy in my house for me to eat....

'CANDY' Adam is trying to get Brennan excited about the candy maze that we just went through at Sweet Street.

crafts at Halloween at the Y

Here we are having a tantrum in the neighbors yard, because I won't let him go to the door since he doesn't have his costume on.

half of the costume, he would wear the hat of the clown costume. We stopped at 3 houses in our trick or treating adventure, this is Ms Jenny, one of his daycare teachers that lives down the block.

He really enjoyed handing out the candy. He'd run for the door and loved to chat with everyone that was there. Photo op with the really cool pumpkins that I carved, you can see that smiling nice for me is the last thing on his mind, since the kids are coming. Can't you see mom! they are coming!

Fall color

The fall color has come and gone, and now I dread the snow and cold and soggy ground until May....I love fall. The colors were so vibrant this year.