November Randomness

Now that it's February, I can barely remember November. Nice, right? Thankfully I have random pictures to remind me!

G picked these and wanted to craft a centerpiece.  Oy.  She does not know her Mama well.  We did find a nice vase and make an arrangement.


One morning we went for haircuts and then to play at See Saw Center.  Our hairdresser, Mary Ellen, ALWAYS curls Gillian's hair when we get haircuts.  G is so spoiled.  Once we got to See Saw, Gillian accessorized her fancy hair-do.




My favorite part of those pictures is the pretend matzo in the back of the car.

Sharing a snack with Momo.  Momo comes for afternoon snack every day.  His favorites are cheez-its, ritz, and popcorn.


When it got really chilly this fall, we shut up the guest room...where Weasel liked to sleep.  Poor kitty.  I felt badly.  But we needed to keep the door closed!  So, I picked her up a cat bed at the store, left the tag on it so she would be tricked into thinking it wasn't hers, and put it in front of the vent in the living room.  It's a HIT.


Momo steals it too.  But he at least sleeps upstairs at night, so I know Weasel has a shot at it!


We had a couple inches of snow at some point in November.  And it was still a novelty then, so both kids spent hours playing in it!



It is so awesome that they will go out and play by themselves now!

More November to come!

Jack O'Lanterns and Pajamas

We decided to carve up our pumpkins on Saturday morning. It was a gray, chilly, kind of wet morning, so what better did we have to do? We were lucky Colin let us even eat breakfast before we got started. He was excited.



Daddy is charged with cutting. The kids and I scoop seeds and guts (in our pajamas).



Colin preferred to use the spoon.



Weasel help!


Gillian directing Daddy to cut the way she wants.



TA DA!




Then it was Colin's turn.



TA DA AGAIN!




Oh, and Momo approved.

Babysitting Job

Last Monday we had our little friend, AJ, over for a few hours while his big brother and sister had swim lessons. Colin and Gillian were beyond excited. Before AJ arrived, Colin kept telling us that he was going to build a track with AJ. I'm not sure what Gillian thought she was going to do with him, but I'm sure she had plans. Anyway, when AJ got here, the kids went kinda crazy. The dragged out every toy they own, showed it to him, told him to play with it, showed him how it worked, talked non-stop at him, and, in general, were incredibly silly.



What did AJ choose to play with? Well, he DID play trains a bit. And with our farm. But he really like our play asparagus. And our kitties! He really liked our kitties. He doesn't have any of his own.


Then we all watched an UmiZoomi.

Umm, yeah, AJ didn't sit there for long! He was off and moving again. And after the kitty again! We had a great time with our little friend. He is such a sweet, happy little man.