Saturday, November 21, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving (early!)

We celebrated Thanksgiving for the second time so far this year earlier today up in Newburyport. Thanks again to Katie, Davis and Oliver for hosting. The food was delicious and we had a wonderful time catching up with friends who we don't see nearly often enough.
We did all miss the Doyle clan who are out there in Canada for a couple years - Hannah had to represent as the lone girl kid at the party and she did alright but missed her buddy Molly. We're excited to catch up with them - and meet Jack! - when they head east in just a few short weeks!

How cute are these guys? Makes me excited to meet our little guy soon...
Ethan was excited for dinner - and he put his friend Hannah to shame in the trying everything on your plate department. I've never seen a kid eat so much squash!! Hannah once again refused to try anything on the table and ate...... bread. Who doesn't like stuffing and turkey? She won't even open her mouth when we suggest trying them - maybe these pre Thanksgiving warm-ups will have done the trick and she'll actually taste the turkey come Thursday!

Everyone in pj's ready for bed before we left!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Let the fun begin...

If our last visit to Lowe's was any indication, I think Hannah is going to be awfully fun this year at Christmas. They have all their Christmas gear out and she was absolutely amazed at all of it - particularly the giant blow up Santa.

Checking it all out...
Santa!! (see Mommy!)
Waving at Santa....
I love this place!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Happy Halloween 2

Just got a couple more pictures compliments of Jennie that I had to share....

The family (with one of Wilson's fabulous jack-o-lanterns - sorry for hiding the other one!)

Playing with Katy!





Happy Halloween!

What a fun Halloween! We thoroughly enjoyed the 70 degree weather and started the day by jumping in lots and lots of leaf piles - Wilson eventually gave up on raking because between the wind and Hannah's jumping - his piles just kept getting scattered.



The Frost family came to visit overnight and celebrate Halloween with us. Nora is adorable and kept us all laughing with all her various animal noises and other tricks. We had fun catching up with Jennie and Bob - and Katy, Kristy and Jim as well!


Hannah got excited about Halloween once we lit our pumpkins and the kids starting trick or treating at our door. She wasn't always sure she wanted to part with the candy we were giving out though - the skittles seemed like something she'd rather keep! Funny sidenote - Hannah kept asking for broccoli last night and again today. It took a while but I've finally figured out that she thinks candy is broccoli - not sure where this came from. I'm sure it was something I said at some point to try to get her to eat broccoli but - it looks like it backfired!


Hannah and Nora weren't exactly photogenic ladybugs - luckily Wilson and Jennie were photogenic parents!


The twins from across the street came over and Hannah loved seeing them in their Batman and Rocket costumes.

And I have to apologize. I completely forgot to put up a Happy Birthday post to Aunt Kate on Friday. Hope you had a great time in NYC celebrating - we wish we could have been with you but we'll see you at Thanksgiving!

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Hidden Trains

A couple weeks ago Hannah was lucky enough to venture into the Needham forest with Mimi, Aunt Gail and cousins Hailey and Derrick to check out the hidden trains that are there. They had a perfect fall day for their adventure and such a fun time. Hannah loved walking in the woods!!


Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Halloween Preview

We had two costume parties today - one with playgroup this morning and then tonight at Hannah's daycare. So far the ladybug costume is a hit - she cried when I took it off for her nap and then walked around the house singing ladybug ladybug ladybug all afternoon. No luck getting her to wear the ears yet but maybe we'll work up to that before Saturday! Thanks to Nana for the costume!

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Big Girl Bed

We made a quick overnight trip to my parents this weekend and brought back a big girl bed for Hannah. This is one of two special beds that have been in the Lowe family for generations (and were handmade by my Dad's great grandfather). We rearranged a few things in Hannah's room tonight as part of preparation for her baby brother to start sharing her room for her and while WE aren't quite ready for her to actually move into her big girl bed,
as you can see from these pictures, she is!!






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