Santa Visit

We saw Santa last night!  He was over in Aunt Jenny's neighborhood so we paid him a visit, he said he was so excited to see the kids :)

Andrew was really excited to sit on his lap, Emily was a bit hesitant, but with a little coaxing, she snuggled right in.

They both put in a request for roller skates and Santa said that he would bring some if they promised to wear helmets and knee pads and elbow pads.  So, it looks like 2 lucky little kids might find some roller skates under the tree.

Andrew told Santa that he had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner (which he did not have) and that he went to visit the mountain over the summer and played in the snow.  Emily told him that she tripped on the side walk and fell and scraped her knee (which she has done...but not recently) and that she went to a farm and fed a cow.

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Holy moly, my baby is four! And what an awesome 4 year old he is!

Andrew was so excited about his birthday this year, pretty much counting down the days.  The one thing on his birthday wishlist was a Paw Patrol lookout tower, which he got (and found in the closet TWICE before his birthday, two different closets, I think we had him pretty well convinced he was seeing things ;) ) He also got some new clothes and Mickey Mouse slippers.  He is so fun to give to, he loves everything and is so enthusiastic! I couldn't believe how excited he was to unwrap a pair of pants!

Emily got some new slippers too, and a Candy Land game.

For his birthday, we went out to eat and invited his friend Noah.  Andrew got to choose the restaurant, so of course we went to Chuy's, it is his favorite.  Andrew partied a little to hard and ended up throwing up all over the restaurant.  He was fine afterwards and we went home to eat cake and unwrap more presents, he even got some new shoes out of the ordeal :)

He picked out his birthday cake from Publix, he was dancing all over the store after seeing the TMNT cake.  

Thanksgiving

We hosted Thanksgiving this year, it was the four of us, Aunt Jenny, Gramma, Papa, and Great Papa (and a couple of dogs)

 Andrew made a Indian costume at school and he was so excited to wear it for Thanksgiving day.  Emily wanted one too so Papa helped her make one.  And they got some balloon Indian hats too :)  We ate lots of food and had a good time.

We also had some Thanksgiving weekend backyard football.  Andrew has the best touchdown dance!

Trick or Treat

We went trick or treating a few times this year, I like to get as much mileage as I can out of their costumes!  Andrew told me that if I wanted to go trick or treating with him I needed to wear a costume.  I asked him what I should be and he said "I know! You could be the wicked wolf!"  So the day before Halloween I made a wolf mask so I could go trick or treating too,  Our first trick or treat was a bit of a bust.  We went to sorority row, which is usually really fun, but this year it rained.  About 5 minutes before it started it started raining, then it started pouring.  We went to a few houses and Andrew and Emily still had a good time.  I tried to curl the front of Andrew's hair like Superman and gave it a little hairspray, when it started raining, he touched his head and said "OH NO! My hair! This took so much time!"  :)

On Halloween day, we went to the zoo.  That morning, Andrew had an eye appointment and had his eyes dilated so he had to wear sunglasses.  Gramma and Papa joined us on Halloween, I am not sure why they didn't have the same costume requirements for trick or treating that I did ;)  We also met up with Andrew's friend Noah at the zoo.

And on Halloween night we went around the block in our neighborhood.  It is a pretty huge block, so it took us a while.  And they got a ton of candy, they started complaining that their buckets were too heavy so I told them that meant it was time to go home, suddenly they weren't so heavy anymore!  I wore my mask and Emily would only call me big bad wolf all night, "wait for me, big bad wolf" "hold my hand big bad wolf" it was pretty adorable!