Bailey's Thanksgiving Program

Today was Bailey's Thanksgiving Program at school. I didn't get a lot of pictures because I was wrestling with Liam the whole time, but it was so cute. The kids sang lots of silly songs. Our favorite was "The Fat Little Turkey" which was to the tune of "On Top of Old Smokey":

A fat little turkey
on Thanksgiving Day
decided that morning
that he'd run away.
He packed up his suitcase
and put on his shoes,
he snuck out the back door,
and left us no clues.
We knew he was missing
when we found his note.
It really surprised us (gasp!),
the things that he wrote.
"Concerning my feathers,
without them, I'm lost.
And I am allergic (AH-choo!)
to cranberry sauce.
I don't want a suntan
to make my skin brown.
With all of that gravy,
I'm certain to drown.
You see, I can't say here,
I might lose my head.
And so this Thanksgiving,
EAT PIZZA INSTEAD!"

Fall Fun

Last night we took the kids to a fair that was behind Emily and Bailey's school. The girls were dying to go to it because they'd watched it get set up all week. Of course, it wasn't that exciting (especially given the fact that we have Disney tickets right now) and it cost a fortune to do a couple rides, but they had a lot of fun. Liam desperately wanted to ride the bumper cars but he was too small--but he loved the train!

Helpful Liam

This just happened.

Me: “Liam, I need you to pick up these trains and put them away, okay?”
Liam: “OKAY, MOM! I HEAR YOU!”

 

A few minutes later…

Me: “Did you put the trains away?”
L: “YES!”

Me: “No, you didn’t! They are still on the floor. Pick them up and go put them with the rest of the trains.”

L: “OKAY!”

 

A minute or so later, here’s Liam, looking very proud of himself.

Me: “Did you put the trains away?”

Liam: “Yes! I feed dog!”

Sheesh.

My Silly Boy

This morning, as I was making the girls' lunches, Liam was playing around in the kitchen. When I opened the pantry door, this is what I found:

Halloween 2013!

We had so much fun trick-or-treating this year. Our friends the Kuhns came over to eat and trick-or-treat with us. We started the evening with a yummy dinner of pizza and salad. Liam had a hot dog and an avocado. Then we got the kids ready to go. This year, Emily was a rainbow princess fairy. Bailey went as Sofia the First (Disney Junior show). And Liam, well, Liam was SUPPOSED to be Mickey Mouse, his favorite character and the costume HE CHOSE at the store. But, when it was time to dress up, he decided to be Buzz Lightyear (luckily we have two Buzz costumes in our dress-up center). Mommy was a princess and Daddy was a ninja. Bella was a tiger, Lydia was a butterfly, and Miss Susan was Vanillope von Schweetz.

The girls were very good and pretty much independent this year. Of course we walked the neighborhood with them. They each got a pumpkin bucket full of candy.

Liam was really into it and walked the whole time! He was so cute at the first house--after they gave him candy, he started to understand the concept. But when we got to the next house, he started putting his candy into their bowl! LOL