Happy Thanksgiving!

A Thanksgiving post before the actual day?! What is up?? Well, nap time for the next 7 minutes, so here we go.
This is Thanksgiving art work at our house. The first are turkeys the kids helped make/decorate. Then, I asked them to list 5 things they were thankful for to write on the feathers. The last picture is from school -- adorable!

Will is thankful for: Christmas, turkey, houses, newspaper and Red Raiders (as in Texas Tech - he thinks they're pirates)

Ellie Kate is thankful for: birthdays, babies, colors, Casie, and Christmas trees

Too cute not to post

These are just a few cute pics from the last week or so.

They will totally hate me someday for posting these, but they were too funny. Elle insisted on wearing her tutu like this.

"I'm beautiful!"

rocking out - hilarious!

And I'm absolutely in love with this first picture below. Will was not posed at all, just working away and I asked him to look up. This perfectly captures this stage for him.

Autumn leaves are falling

Twirling, swirling,
They all fall down!
(This is part of a song the kids have been singing at school and just seems appropriate for these pics.)
We had great weather the last 2 weekends so we got some good leaf-raking done. This weekend was easier since J was home. While the kids didn't exactly help, they did have fun walking through our piles of leaves and attacking us with the bubble shooter. I need to remember that for next year - it was a great distraction for them!

Excuse the messy hair - this was shortly after naptime :)

I think our tree is so pretty right now!

Getting Daddy with the bubbles

It was dusk, so these pictures are pretty dark, but there's a sneak attack happening here.

Will's first game at the Fieldhouse

Lucky Will got to enjoy his first KU basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse last Friday night. He and Justin went and had a great time! Justin said he was "pure joy - the happiest I've ever seen him". Apparently, Will was enthusiastically cheering for every Jayhawk basket. He was thrilled to get pictures with Big Jay and Baby Jay. And he loved seeing all the big trophies in the Hall of Fame. I tried to portray just how lucky he was in getting to go to a game since Mommy was 18 before she went to a game there! I'm not sure he got the point, but he thoroughly enjoyed himself. Rock Chalk!

Tinkerbell and my knight in shining armor

If nothing else, my kids get good use out of their costumes each year!
First was the Halloween parade at J's office. They both have trick-or-treating down pat this year and had a blast! Their bags were so heavy with candy afterwards that they were dragging on the ground.

The lobby of each floor had spooky decorations.

I love their expressions in this one!

Can we go now?

And, they're off!

Checking out their loot

 Then we had Halloween brunch (the day before Halloween) with Grammy & Grandpa.

They got to decorate pumpkins

And have yummy treats!

On Halloween, they got to wear their costumes to school and have a party. I LOVE this pictures of them!

 Then we had trick-or-treating in our neighborhood on Halloween night. Aunt Casie came over to help. We went to 9-10 houses on our block and called it good. As in the past, the highlight is handing out candy to the other kids who come to the door.

waiting for trick-or-treaters

Happy, happy girl!

Shoving a whole pb cup in her mouth...just like her mama!

Look at all that candy!

And the silliness begins

We had beautiful weather and lots of fun. Incidentally, I also had a doctor's appointment on Halloween. All is checking out great. Baby boy is still big. We discussed moving my due date up to Feb. 12. However, I told her I wasn't too concerned about the due date. My kids never seem to make it to that point anyway. I know we'll have a c-section, so we'll schedule a date and if he makes it until then, great. If not, he'll come when he's ready. Now it's time for getting the house (and ourselves!) ready for this new baby and upcoming holidays. Lots to do, but I really do love this time of year.