Friday, November 27, 2009

Thanksgiving, Sleep-overs, and Naughty Little Boy

We had a great Thanksgiving.  Uncle Sam came over in the morning with his dog, and Shoji was so excited to have a playdate!  Then we went over to the Kazmierski's house for Thanksgiving lunch.  Matt had a great time on Grandma Bertha's lap.  He's such a snuggler!  It almost makes up for all his antics....I'll talk about that later. 

Grace had a great time playing with cousins.

Grandma Nan did a special lesson for us.  She gave each family a jar with "warm fuzzies" so that we could fill our jar when we do acts of service.  They will be visiting Emily and Ryan in Texas for Christmas, so we were glad to have them for Thanksgiving!

Mr. No Teeth.  I think I have another picture like this somewhere...
Hiram is getting rich with his teeth!

The boys always like to hang out with Uncle Sam.  Joey is sitting with Lita.

After we got home, Ben and I were having a conversation in our room.  After about 2 minutes, I said, "I better go see what that kid is doing."  Well, this is where I found him.  Notice he's got it in his hair.  What was I thinking leaving this kid alone for 2 minutes?  I thought he followed the other kids downstairs, but I guess that's what I get for thinking.

We went to my mom's after we were at Nan and Fred's.  Lindsey and Eric were both here.  Finally, the babies tuckered out.  They managed to fall asleep at the same time.

A few nights ago, Emma had her first sleepover with us.  She did very good.  The kids had fun playing, drawing, and avoiding the dog.  Emma is very afraid of dogs, and sent Grace out of the bedroom in the morning to check if the dog was in the house or out.  She wouldn't get out of bed unless the dog was out.

The girls slept on Joey's big bed, and Joey slept on Andrew's top bunk.  Andrew slept at Grandma's house with Brenlee.

This is Joey teaching Emma how to draw the letter "A".