Getting in the Spirit

We hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving holiday. We had a great time at Grammie's house for our Thanksgiving feast. Josh, Mandy and Bella joined us which made for lots of fun for the kiddos and it was so good to see them again, it's been too long. Aunt Shelly and Avery Saturday Avery and daddy brought home our Christmas tree and the rest of the day was spent watching Avery play with the ornaments. If you didn't know already, Hallmark ornaments are my downfall. I tend to pick up at least a handful a year which has accumulated into quite a collection. Avery likes them b.c many play music and this year he found it rather entertaining to have them all playing at once. On Sunday he dressed up like the Grinch and was stealing the ornaments off the tree, placing them in a pillowcase! He even changed his clothes to make sure he was wearing as much green as possible, just like the Grinch. He is non-stop entertainment and exhausting all the same. Ella discovered the tree right away and loves to stare at the ornaments. She hasn't realized that she can take them off yet (hooray for us!) She also has this thing against a Santa we have standing in our hallway- she makes quite a fuss and is almost in tears every time she gets close to it so we've been moving it all over the house to accommodate her. Her newest thing is her laugh- she breaths in when she laughs making this high pitch sound, it's quite funny. We can't wait till Christmas morning to see the smiles on their faces when Santa delivers the presents.

Soccer Party

Yeah, it's the end of the Fall soccer season and that means an end of the season soccer party! The kids loved donuts at the park after our 8:30 game. Who could ask for anything more right? We're positive we won 1 game this season but overall it was a brutal experience. Like many of the other Dragons, Avery will be hanging up his soccer cleats and pursuing greener pastures. He has his sights set on karate but mom and dad need a reprieve. Maybe after the 1st of the year we will be ready to give sports another shot. Here's a few pics of the team and Avery receiving his medal from Coach Dad.

Trick or Treatin'

My apologies to everyone for taking so long to get these pictures posted. We were rather disappointed that Halloween for our little red riding hood was spent handing out candy at the house for an hour with a high fever while Avery and daddy were making the rounds in the neighborhood. I heard he did really good this year, saying Trick or Treat and thank you at every house. (According to Wade, he only busted out with a Trick or Treat, smell my feet once which was suprising since that was his favorite line the past week or so!) Ella was a trooper and looked so adorable in her costume made by Grandma Trish- you can see for yourself. She wasn't having the cape, understandably, and the leggings and shoes never made their debut either. I was happy to just get a picture of her smiling in her cute costume. We'll have another run at it before she grows out of it and pretend its Halloween. Avery was Darth Vader while Wade dressed in his gorilla suit. By the end of the night Avery was wearing the gorilla costume and cracking us up.. it was hilarious watching him walk around! It made mommy and daddy's night. Darth Gorilla??? Sharing the loot!