Visit with Santa.

My mom and I took Andrew up to go see Santa again this year. We go to a place that's never busy (no lines!) I was really hoping that this year would go as well as the years past... but that wasn't the case. Poor Santa had a very scared little boy on his hands. He was a SUPER nice and gentle Santa, but Andrew was totally freaked out, hence why I'm in the pictures.

Funny Boy Andrew

Andrew is silly. He loves it when I pull out my camera, especially when I'm using the flash. He gives me the cheesiest grins when I have the flash going. Here are a few I snapped the other night. (boy, am I crazy about him!)

Thanksgiving.

 We had a nice Thanksgiving with my family this year. Here are a few pictures that my sweet sister took. (thank goodness, I didn't pull my camera out one bit!)

 

This was the first successful year of having the kids at a 'kids table.' No worries, they were all within arm reach of the adults!

Grandpa carving the turkey! A yearly tradition. And yes, both dogs got a few little tasters.

 The feast! Well, one plate of it. My older sister, Rachel took care of the pumpkin pie (her yearly tradition). Laura, my younger sister, took care of the Sweet Potatoes, which were dang good and will now be her yearly tradition. My mom and I took care of the rest. It was a busy, but manageable morning. Three pies, two casseroles, two veggies, ham, and turkey. Yum Yum!

Crunchy Leaves

Some how our Apartment building seems to be the collector of all the fallen leaves. Andrew LOVES it! We came home from church and Andrew started his daily run back and forth through the leaves. I grabbed the camera and took a few shots. (Also, don't you just love his plaid pants?!)

Halloween

This year we celebrated Halloween at home. We had a nice time keeping our traditions alive. I made my annual batch of Ghostly Shepard's Pie. Then we got ready to go Trick or Treating. Andrew LOVED his Mickey Mouse costume. He really got into trick or treating too. It was fun seeing him knock on doors and saying 'trick or treat,' 'thank you,' and 'BYE.' He would then wave is hands inside the gloves. It was so cute. Anyways, here are a few pictures from the evening.