Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, we went to Cracker Barrel for lunch with Mom, Dad, Grandma, and Uncle Jim.  Then we came back to our house for dessert.  Pheobe did well with the company.  After they left, the girls and I played a patriotic (red, white, and blue pegs) game of Chinese Checkers while Pheobe laid beside us.

Maggie's Birthday

We were off school for Maggie's birthday this year.  I whispered in her ear, "Do you want to open your birthday presents?" and she woke up really fast.  She loved her new doll and doll loft bed.  She braided her doll's hair and had me take a picture to show how their hair color matches.  Allergy shots and Allo being installed wasn't very exciting for the morning, but in the afternoon we went to Runza for lunch.  I drove 25 minutes across town to the only Runza with a play place to find out that both girls are now too tall and it was too crowded for me to let them break the rules.  After lunch we went to the new Scheels where the girls posed as a football player and Maggie kept calling it baseball.  You can tell we are not a sports family!  Mena enjoyed the animal heads hanging on the walls, but Maggie would only walk the mail aisles because she didn't like standing under the animals.  We then took Pheobe to the new dog park near our house.  Pheobe behaved well and all four of us had fun!

Christmas Picture

I bought us all matching pajamas for Christmas this year.  We put them on for a family picture with Pheobe.  This was the best picture we could get with her.  She kept trying to lick me and she kept trying to sit facing us instead of facing the camera.

Choir on Thanksgiving Sunday

The girls sang during both church services and made a "Have a Thankful Heart" turkeys in Sunday School.

Maggie's Birthday

We celebrated Maggie's birthday with my family a couple of weeks early since that date worked best for everyone.  Maggie was upset that I wouldn't give her gift from me early, too.  She saw a cake with fairies and a waterfall that she wanted for her birthday so I made one the best I could and she helped me decorate it.  She loved it!  The girls had fun playing with Jake.  Beth's boys are tending to sit with the adults now.