Thanksgiving

We had an amazing Thanksgiving break.


The girls got to spend time with the Newton cousins. They played candy land, fixed hair, and went in the hot tub.


Friday we did some shopping and did a few puzzles with Nana.


Then we went to the beach house for a night. It was so relaxing. We all fell asleep at 8:30.


Then before we headed home we had a little birthday celebration for Bailey.






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Santa Letters

Maddie used this form letter.




Bailey wanted to make sure she wrote her own.




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Seattle Weekend

This past weekend Jason had a history conference in Seattle. I decided to tag along. We were lucky enough to have Nana and Papa Castro babysit for two nights!


I got a ton of Christmas shopping done while Jason was at classes.


We got to go on the Great Wheel in Seattle.


Another first for me was the gum wall. I have been to downtown Seattle numerous times, but had never seen the gum wall.


Thanks again to Nana and Papa for making this little get away possible.
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Crafty

I have made a few crafts in the past week. I made Bailey's birthday invites.


She decided to go to the pool again, so we decided upon a flip flop theme.


Earlier in the week I made this Thanksgiving banner with Teresa, as the kids were literally jumping down the stairs onto pillows.


On Tuesday I went on a field trip with Maddie's preschool to the library.


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Halloween 2012

Halloween was a fun week. We carved the pumpkins on the weekend.


Maddie wanted a bat....I was pretty impressed with Jason's ability.


Bailey and I went with a little more traditional route.


The day before Halloween we went to a harvest party at LCC. We had enough candy just from that one night. Here is my Cinderella.


And a little butterfly ballerina, anybody recognize the costume from Bailey's ballet performance?


Then on Halloween we got together with a few families in the neighborhood and had dinner. Fun was had by all kids and parents.


Then a large group of kids, about 10, trick-or-treated together. It was really fun to see Maddie literally run at the front of the group to the next house and Bailey and a 5th grader bring up the rear.


This is Bailey with Emily and Lilly, two of her friends from her class.

Caught Being Good

Bailey was caught being good this week by her substitute teacher! She should have her picture on the school web page soon. I will share the link when it is up. This girl is always surprising me with her kindness. So thankful that she is getting recognized for it.



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