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.

Pumpkin Carving

This year was the first year we involved Andrew in our pumpkin carving. It was only natural to carve a Mickey pumpkin since Andrew is going to be dressed as Mickey this year. We had a lot of fun, and are proud of our group effort to complete the pumpkin!

Tug Tug.

Andrew's learning how to manipulate situations by tugging at our heart strings. Like this evening... bedtime must have come early for Andrew. He had a hard time going to sleep. After Morgan and I listen to... "mama! daddy! where are you? I love you!" or "what did I do?" we took turns going  up there. Of course, the moment we walk in, he's fine. We go and lay in bed with him for a little bit. He charms us by talking (which we love to hear) and being all sweet and cuddily (which we ADORE). Then as either of us try to get out of bed - he literally pulls us back into bed with him. Then says "your stuck!"

Oh man, Andrew, the master manipulator. (although, I'll take it.... I just love that boy too much!)