APS Christmas Light Parade

This is quickly becoming one of our favorite holiday activities!  This year, we invited our friends Charlie & Christy to join us.  It was super crowded as always, but Joe put our chairs out in the morning to save our spot (so nice!).  Evie and Henry really enjoyed the parade, the lights, the marching bands, the group of baton twirlers, old cars, floats, and music.  It is such a fun parade, and Evie especially loved the guest appearances by Mickey & Goofy.  At the end of the parade, Evie tells Joe that we need to go find Mickey.  Joe tells her that he is going home to sleep.  Evie responds with "well, we can wake him up!"  And for the entire car ride home, she continues to repeat that we need to go wake up Mickey, it was hilarious.
After we got home, we put the kids to bed and had some fun adult-time by the fire pit.  Such a fun night!!

Henry Is Messy

We ate pasta tonight, and this is what Henry looked like by the end of it.  Joe made me a deal to wash dishes if I would clean Henry up.  And I think I had to use three wash cloths to get him just mostly clean.  We make spaghetti with penne pasta because it's easier for the kids to eat, so luckily there were no spaghetti noodles in his hair, just sauce.  Such a cutie!

November Miscellaneous

Lots of miscellaneous photos from November!  We've had a lot of fun at home, and Joe grew a mustache (it's Movember!) for a short while.  (I swear that Joe was wearing pants in this photo in case anyone is bothered).

Friday Night Fun

Trish & Marshall invited us to come over for dinner and see Marian & Rick on Friday night.  On our way, we stopped in at Joann's, and Joe took the kids around while I shopped for some fabric.  While they were goofing around, Joe took these cute photos of Evie trying on foam hats.  At Trish & Marshall's house, we had a great dinner and a lot of fun visiting with everyone.  Joe and Marshall played with Evie in the living room, she absolutely loves this foam puzzle toy that they have!

Thanksgiving Fire Pit

Ooops, never mind, it looks like I did take a few photos after Thanksgiving dinner of everyone hanging out around the fire pit.

Thanksgiving 2014

We decided to host Thanksgiving at our house this year, and thankfully it was potluck-style.  Joe's family brought most of the food, including the red-wine-lacquered turkey (thank you, Steve & Syl!), which made it really nice.  The weather was warm and gorgeously sunny, so we ate Thanksgiving dinner outside on the patio in the afternoon.  Evie & Sophia had a lot of fun playing in our backyard, while the adults ate, drank and socialized.  In the evening, Joe made an awesome fire in our new firepit!  It seemed like everyone had a really great time, and they all stayed to make s'mores and drink coffee.
Disclaimer:  Joe & I actually did not get around to taking any photos, so I stole these off of everyone's facebook pages.  Thanks, guys!!

Stone Soup

Every year, Evie's school puts on a luncheon for the children and their families for Thanksgiving, called Stone Soup.  The lunch includes soup made by one of the classes from some vegetables that the children have grown in the school's garden, and corn bread, made by one of the other classes.  When Henry and I arrived, Evie was sporting an adorable turkey hat she made in class.  It is really fun, everyone eats together sitting on teeny-tiny chairs, then they tell the story of Stone Soup, one of the teachers "finds" a stone in her soup, we all sing songs, and everyone departs to begin the Thanksgiving holiday.  If you're interested in knowing the story of stone soup, you can find it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Soup
No photos of Henry, as he was on my back in the baby carrier the whole time.