Thanksgiving 2015

Usually we go to Utah for Thanksgiving.  It was nice to be home this year and enjoy a nice long break at home!

I got to go to Maxwell's Thanksgiving party at school

They had a full feast

Maxwell and his friend, J.K.

After school, Maxwell helped me shop for our Thanksgiving dinner.

Thanksgiving morning, these two were hanging out in my bed while Maxwell read to his sister.

He loves doing workbooks (and since he can read, he does really well independently)

Video - Maxwell's Thanksgiving song

All cute for the holiday

Playing with her dollhouse

Now doing a puzzle

A little croquet before the big meal

This weed has grown up by our dead tree.  I'm not sure what it is but it added some green/purple berries so I left it alone.  :)

Because you HAVE to have something to snack on while dinner is cooking

Dinner and our awesome turkey chef (look how gorgeous the turkey is!)

A little wii for the boys

The characters they picked cracked me up

The place mat Maxwell made at school - I loved it! (look at all those hand prints!  Getting his hand in the paints has not been a big deal this year)

Aren't these two the cutest?  It's great they get along so well since they spend so much time together during the day.

All the kids

Maxwell was very excited for his pumpkin pie!

The next day we made more whip cream and this little pumpkin got a beater

Hiding out in the TV stand.  So super cute...until that one time when she pulled the door shut on her fingers and then it was painfully sad.  :(

Emmalyn with her blocks and Max with his legos

Video - Maxwell is LOVING playing his Dance Central Spotlight.  He's fun to watch.  

We had our friends Melissa, Clint, Owen, and Avery over for a special "decorate your own" pancake breakfast.  The kids used sprinkles, frosting, whip cream, fruit...etc.  They had a blast.

Black frosting...never a good idea

Caught Emmalyn playing by herself in Max's room and wearing his hat

This girl LOVES to dip her food.  She will ask "dip?"  Very different from Maxwell who isn't a big dipper.

Using up the leftover turkey for homemade turkey taquitos and cranberry salsa

The kids got a lot of game time thanks to gloomy weather

Not always a bundle of joy

Joe made the best guacamole ever!

Cousin time

And even more screen time...  It's been a nice, lazy weekend.

I'm not sure if Emmalyn is right or left handed anymore uses both.

Max asks me every day about when he is going to get his glasses.  I'm glad he's so excited.

Max has been very sensitive lately and cries so easily if doesn't get his way

Emmalyn has said "um" a few times when we ask her a question and she's thinking about it. :)

She asked peter "why?" today.

She doesn't like having her head in the water anymore which is a bummer when I'm trying to wash her hair.  It used to be so easy!