Holiday Weekend Bliss

What a wonderful holiday weekend. Great food and wonderful family on Thanksgiving.



Poor little Addy Bear has a cold but she still managed to have some fun!


Then on to my favorite morning of the year - Black Friday! Of course we got the traditional Christmas pajamas.


And the sun was shining . . . what better time to hang up the lights! And ride a bike.

How festive:



Topped the day with some decorating inside . . . everything but the main tree. We'll save that for tomorrow.

I know its not even Thanksgiving . . .

. . . but we are within 24 hours. I heart Christmas!

Now I am going to change my page to a wonderful Christmas theme! Big smile.

PB

Peanut butter is awesome! It is one of those perfect foods . . . it goes with everything. Addy has developed quite a fondness for it, and not just for eating it, playing with it is super fun too!

Every time we give her PB it turns sticky real quick. Just talking about PB makes me want to have some. Yum!

Speling - I mean Spelling

For months Addy "spells" her name . . . and you look and its scribbles. So, imagine my surprise when BAM . . . out comes this one day:


And then this:

A few days letter she's got my name down . . .

Now for TODOROVICH . . . she can say it - yea! - we'll work on the spelling a little later. :)

C-U-T-E

Is it wrong to be jealous of Addy's new shoes? They are stinkin' adorable. I need to get a picture with her in them. Anyway, had to share . . . I heart Addy's pink sparkle converse!

Thanks!

I can't recall who posted this idea on their blog last year - Tara maybe? Anyway, I remembered the thankful tree idea and Addy and I enjoyed putting it together over the course of a few days. We cut out the tree and leaves, colored them and then Addy recorded all the many things she is thankful for on them. She took her placement and leaf design very seriously.

Family members, Scooby Doo, grapes, classmates and snuggles all made the list. :)

Howl at the Moon

I love this time of year. Its dark in the evenings with spooky fog . . . and check out the moon. The other night Addy and I were watching Scooby Doo ( of course) and I looked up and out our big window and saw this:


I don't know about you but it makes me think of werewolves and vampires . . .

Ballerina

Addy got some ballerina outfits for her birthday - we tried all of them out this weekend. She is now taking ballet at school, so she likes to show off her new moves. (Thanks for the great outfits! She loves the leg warmers - doesn't she look like a flashdance diva?)

Halloween

Still playing catch up on postings. Scott, Addy and I had a marvelous Halloween! Halloween party and trick or treating with friends - how much better can it get?

Fire and Ice (or in the Wendy's girl on a bad night):

Finally getting around to carving our pumpkin - day of . . .

Cool pumpkin:


Trick or treating (warning: Gracie's witch is pretty scary):

Our Ariel:
Even at the most frightening houses with skeletons screaming, fog, people jumping out, heading coming off bodies - Addy wasn't fazed. she loved it and cried out "look Mommy look!" Whatever takes for candy!

My favorite moment was after I was sure she was going to be totally frightened by this life size skeleton that ripped its head off and screamed at us, Addy watched it carefully a couple of times (after getting her candy of course) and then proceeded to try and scare the rest of us by pulling her head off her neck (or trying to at least). She giggled the whole time. :)

Highlights of AZ

We had a great visit to AZ last week. It was so nice (and hot) there. I am not very good at capturing things we are doing while we are down there - trying to live in the moment and all - but here are some highlights.

We always have adventures when we travel, Addy had an accident on the plane and I didn't have extra clothes. So, this was her outfit in the airport and also what she greeted Plumbly and Grammy wearing!

Jeff and Scott playing Wii:

Cousins Luke and Ethan and Addy barrowing some of Ethan's pj's for a nap:


Getting the whole family together! Thanks Tara and Chris for hosting. Here are the brothers and all the cousins.
Playing at the park:
Carrie and I after our "girls afternoon".

Rockin on the Wiggles guitar:

Probably Addy's favorite thing on the trip, playing flippin flapjacks with Grammy.

Addy chillin' at Starbucks our last morning:


We miss everyone already. Thanks for hosting us and making us so welcome. But, as a true pacific northwest girl - I was happy to come home to cold weather and rain. It feels like fall here.