thanksgiving food

this year i wanted to try something different for the thanksgiving food that i was assigned. we did a green bean crockpot recipe, it had bacon, soy sauce and garlic powder with the green beans. it was awesome. i also did an apple snack and pilgrim hat cookies. yes, all the ideas were from pinterest.

 i had a super cute assistant making the pilgrim hats. we used peanut butter instead of frosting to stick the pb cups on the cookies.

 we used leaf sprinkles for the buckle.

 our apple snack with peanut butter/greek yogurt/honey dip.

 wouldnt you want to be served at starbucks by this adorable barista?

our thankful tree. we are still missing jake's thankful leaves (he's been sick) so we have even more to be thankful for.
im thankful for alot this year but my tops are:
my God who has been my helper and guide lately
my family
great school and teachers for my kiddos

playing in the leaves

autumn is definitely my favorite season. and the kids and i played in the leaves. audrey was the one with the genius idea to put the leaf pile at the bottom of the slide.

 attack brother

 

 

 

 

thanksgiving readers theater

audrey had a thanksgiving readers theater today at school. the kids read a short story about the first thanksgiving. audrey was announcer 5. she did a great job. then the kids recited some short poems and riddles about thanksgiving.

here she is reading in all her glory. she was so excited.

miles, that boy

miles is such a boy.

 miles, the little pony

 miles and his new friend batman. we went to toys r us the other day just to walk around and look at toys and he saw batman and got him off the shelf and was trying to make his cape fly.

 

two wild kids in a car.

game night

we had a game night with my brother and his wife last weekend. we all had fun. miles loved the rowdiness of hungry, hungry hippos and uno attack. audrey just loved getting to play games.
thanks for coming guys and we will be doing this again. we have to, we didnt finish all the games audrey had on her list to play.

 hungry hungry hippos

 go fish

 memory

awkward family pictures

camping

audrey got to go on her first over-night camping trip this weekend with my parents, my brother and his wife, and my other brother. to say that she loved it would be stating it lightly. we have to get this girl camping more (just as soon as her brother settles down a bit and sleeps past 5 or 6 most mornings). jake and i did take miles out to visit and have dinner with the whole group but we took him home to sleep.

on the way to the campsite. miles was reading away in his seat. he picked out the book to take on the ride all on his own.

 audrey so excited to go camping.

 miles working away on the campsite.

 audrey was able to bring the class pet to read to on the camping trip.

 miles and jake with glow sticks.

 all around the campfire.

 audrey and her buddy, sunny.

what a cute girl looking out from my parent's pop-up camper.

this is my halloween post

we went to my father-in-law's church for halloween. it was alot of fun. audrey got to play some games, miles got to play in a play area, we got to ride the train, audrey got to do some bouncy houses, miles got to see the other numerous batmans, audrey got to decorate a cookie and then scarf it down like we hadnt fed her in days. and we got some CANDY!!! thanks rush creek for all your hard work.

 riding the train

 my snarly leopard

 miles loved those people dressed up, especially the lion. i loved that they gave out candy.

audrey decorating her cookie.