November Randoms

Visiting Santa

Megan is going through her stranger anxiety phase and Chloe is reverting to the same anxiety so I truly expected someone to cry when we visited Santa at Somerset Collection.  Megan didn't seem to mind Santa and Chloe, although suspicious, sat quietly while the photographer took pictures.

O Christmas Tree

On Friday while the girls were napping we transformed our plain old family room into a festive, homey little corner of the world. Chloe loves the tree and exclaims "Christmas Tree!" about ten times a day when she enters the room. Megan seems to like it because she knows Chloe likes it, but she has started to wander over there and bang the lower lights with her toys. Not sure what's going on in that little head of hers but we take it as a positive sign that she likes the tree.

Not only have we started the tradition of putting up the tree the day after Thanksgiving, but Nathan and I indulge in a little eggnog while we're working. Yum!

 

Thankful

We had a wonderful, relaxing Thanksgiving! After an early lunch at Nathan's folks, we watched the Lions' game. Chloe and I took a walk around the pond. The weather was cool but dry so we watched the ducks in the water and burned off some calories. The kiddies even helped decorate grandpa and grandma's tree.

So much to be thankful for. We have our little family of four, our health, home, jobs, and wonderful friends and family that we get to share it all with every day.

Megan - 8 months

My baby is 8 months old now! She is getting so big and mobile. She's crawling everywhere and is starting to pull herself up. We had to lower her crib this week from the middle to the lowest level to be sure she doesn't pull herself out of her crib at night. The other big accomplishment is that she gets to sit in the big bathtub instead of her infant tub. Usually Chloe is in there with her but Chloe opted for a shower so it was just Meggers today. Love her!

Voting

I love voting. I thank my parents for always being a good example and emphasizing how important it is to participate in the democratic process. Chloe has gone with me to vote several times over the last few years and this time it was Megan's turn to join us. The volunteers had fun with the girls and even gave them a sticker. It was a fun little outing!

Halloween

This year Chloe was big enough to pick out her own costume for Halloween. She LOVES the "Ten Little Ladybugs" book so naturally when she saw the red and black costume, she had to have it. I think she's about the cutest ladybug you will ever see!

Megan was the same thing she was last year -- a skeleton (inside joke for those of you who remember this being my profile photo on Facebook last fall).

We started the day by trick-or-treating at Memere and Grandpa's house in the morning. Chloe had the Halloween candy bucket all to herself and more than once transferred the whole thing to her treat bag. Hmmm. Funny how that happened.

Even though the East Coast got clobbered by Hurricane Sandy, we had pretty good weather on Halloween. I took Chloe around the neighborhood while Megan helped Daddy hand out treats. The little neighbor girls love coming to our house because we always have a super cute baby at the door handing out candy :-)