Rainy Day After Thanksgiving

A perfect day for a little Elmo watching with Grandy...

And this is actually from yesterday but was too funny not to post. The turkey hat was at first a source of tears but by last night Hannah had warmed up to wearing it - for a minute.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We are having a wonderfully relaxing day down in Falmouth - a lazy morning, a long walk, and soon a fabulous meal with great friends and family. What more could we ask for?!

Hannah spent much of the morning taking "pictures" of her babies with Grandy Breck's binoculars....

Daddy sporting his new turkey hat from his Mom....

Fun at the Children's Museum

Hannah and I went to the Children's Museum in Boston today with Aunt Kate. It was a really fun morning followed by a visit to Dad's office, lunch in Faneuil Hall and a relatively traffic free ride to the Cape! Let's hope the rest of the Thanksgiving weekend is as successful!

Hannah was amazed by the first exhibit we saw - you pulled a rope and when you let go a ball went flying up into a tunnel. We could have spent 45 minutes here....

But we moved on...and practiced our dance moves on the light up floor...

And our basketball skills on the court - Hannah was a bit of a ball hog!

The water trough was awfully fun....

- particularly the waterfall!

And the lifesize chess set was a hit as well!

Exploring the desks in the Arthur exhibit with Aunt Kate.

And lastly, watching herself on TV - what could be better for a two year old?!

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!

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!

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!