Thanksgiving 2010

 Emmy at her Thanksgiving Feast at school.  She was excited that she got to be an Indian and wear her hair in braids.

 We headed to Mansfield, OH again this year for Thanksgiving.  We had a great time and were spoiled by Rod and Lydia.  We took a few spins on the carousel, did some shopping, practicing our swimming, and stuffed our faces.  It was a good couple of day:)

 Emmy's turkey dress that I made her

Kaden with his big turkey leg!

Thanksgiving in Ohio

We had a great Thanksgiving in Ohio. We had a yummy thanksgiving feast Thursday @ my aunt Lydia's and uncle Rod's.

The next day was spent....

...watching the Choo Choo Soul Live show and meeting Genevive and DC

....taking naps

....and eating coney dogs. It was a great weekend!

I am thankful for.....

these cuties and my awesome husband!

Weekend in Ohio

On Friday morning we headed to Ohio for another Thanksgiving! We went down to my aunt Lydia and Uncle Rod's house. The kids had a great time at their house. My aunt pulled out an antique doll that she had and gave it and the cradle to Emmy. She named her "Lilly' and they have been inseparable ever since. Here are the kids waiting patiently for their thanksgiving dinner.

On Saturday, we took the kids to the carousel downtown. We take the kids there every time that we visit Mansfield and they love it.

This was Perry's first carousel ride

We tried to take Perry swimming but it didn't last for too long. He loved his baths so much that I thought that he would love the pool. We'll try again soon!

Kaden and Emmy got to shop at a place called "Tiny Tim's". It was a cute little shop that they have set up in downtown Mansfield, where you give the kids money and they shop for you with a helper. The kids each got $20 to spend and pick out gifts for me, Chris, and Grama, and Grandpap. I'll let you know how well they did when we open the gifts on Christmas.

We also went bowling. Both the kids enjoyed bowling and the arcade games.

My mom, Roman, Emmy, and Perry came home from Ohio earlier today. Kaden, Chris, my dad, and Evan are on their way home after going to the Browns game in Cleveland. Although the Browns lost AGAIN, I am sure that they had a good time and hopefully I will have some pics to post tomorrow!

Happy Thanksgiving!

For Thanksgiving this year, we went to my aunt vicki and uncle mike's house. There was a lot of us over there!! My great aunt linda and her husband nate also traveled to g.r. for thanksgiving. Perry enjoyed his own sweet potato and turkey dinner.

This was just one of the tables for dinner. There were two other tables set up in another room.

This is my grandma and grandpap. We also celebrated my grandma's birthday on thanksgiving.

Kaden, Isabelle, and Emerson

The kids playing in the "castle" under the stairs.

Turkeys Everywhere!

To celebrate Thanksgiving this year, we have been busy doing lots of turkey crafts. Here are some turkey cookies that we made. We brought most of them over to a playgroup at our neighbors. Then Kaden decided that he wanted to give some to his teachers.

He was so excited to give them to his teachers. He kept asking all morning, "is it time for school yet!"

Here is Emmy's placemat she made, so that she could use it the whole month of November.

And here are the turkey cupcakes that I made for Kaden's class on Tuesday. He said that everyone loved them. These would be fun to do with the kids too but I forgot that I was going to make them until the morning that I was supposed to send them. Luckily, Perry cooperated and took a good nap that morning.

The kids have also been making trees for all that they are thankful for. I forgot to take a picture and will try to remember to when they are finished with them. Each night after dinner, kids have to put one leaf on their thanks tree and one leaf on their giving tree. It is pretty cute to hear what they are thankful for and what things they did for others that day. Emmy doesn't quite get it yet because she says that she is thankful for the leaves on the trees most nights. It is something that I plan to do every November with the kids.