Thanksgiving

We had a really nice Thanksgiving. My sister Terri, her husband Aaron and son William came over for supper. It was William's first Thanksgiving, so we were happy they spent it with us. We had a pretty simple meal with a few of the usual Thanksgiving fixings, and before we ate we had the girls say what they are thankful for. They listed their daycare teachers, friends, themselves, grandpas and grandmas, and then said "amen." I guess mommy and daddy don't rate very high on their list!

We took the girls in for their two-year doctor appointments on the Friday after Thanksgiving. They are doing everything they should at their age, so we were happy about that. Their physical checkup looked good as well. Violet weighed in 1 pound heavier and 1/2" taller than Olivia.

Olivia, William & Violet:

Early Birthday Party

We went up to the Suchy farm on November 7 & 8 for deer hunting, and since we were all at the farm we decided to celebrate Olivia & Violet's second birthday a few weeks early. The girls had a lot of fun. We had a very delicious meal, and then the girls had cupcakes and opened presents. Olivia had no problem blowing out the candle on her cupcake, but Violet needed some help from Auntie Jill. They enjoyed opening presents, although they were very slow and precise about it. :)

Jamie didn't have any luck deer hunting. He sat out in the woods for 12 hours on Saturday and didn't see anything except a bunch of turkeys. His dad was the only one in their party that fired a shot, and it was a pretty low percentage shot since the deer was running.

Olivia in her "I Am 2" shirt:

Violet in her "I Am 2" shirt:Olivia & Violet opening presents:

Violet & Olivia blowing out their birthday candles:

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from our family to yours! We had a fun Halloween weekend. We took the girls out trick-or-treating on Saturday with Jamie's cousin and family that live just down the road from us. We pulled the girls in a wagon so they could get out easily as we walked to each house. Violet was totally into trick-or-treating. She couldn't wait to get out at each house, walk up to the door, and say "trick or treat." At one house, after a few treats were put in her bag, she looked up and said "more." Olivia, however, was a little more reserved and walked up to houses only if I would hold her hand. She stayed in the wagon for about half of our stops, but she got into it a little more toward the end. The girls both dressed as bugs - Olivia was a ladybug and Violet was a bee.

Today, the girls helped Daddy raked leaves. Well...I should say "helped" rake leaves because it mostly consisted of them jumping in the piles, throwing leaves around, and then wandering to a different part of the yard.

Olivia & Violet went on their first daycare field trip last week. They went to an apple orchard/pumpkin patch where they went on a wagon ride, walked around in the orchard, and came home with an apple and pumpkin that they had each picked. They rode to their destination on a school bus. Their teachers said they were scared of the bus noise at first, but settled down and enjoyed the ride. Apparently they were so excited to arrive at the orchard that they didn't even want to eat their lunch! They had a great time.

Olivia & Violet with the pumpkins they picked on their field trip: Ahh...sisterly love:

Olivia (ladybug) & Violet (bee), right before we went trick-or-treating:

Olivia & Violet:

Happy Halloween from Olivia & Violet:

Violet "helping" rake leaves:

Olivia "helping" rake leaves:

Olivia & Violet playing in the leaves: