Pilgrams and Indians

Or mostly just indians. Today was Gabriella's Thanksgiving Feast at SACS. Everyone dresses up and the kids play games, hear stories and eat the kind of food they ate on the 1st Thanksgiving. Yesterday I helped out with cooking lab at school. This is where the kids get to prepare some of the food they ate today. The kids made homemade butter by shaking their cream in jars and then shucked corn and spread their butter on it. They also made "homemade" biscuits, homemade strawberry preserves and homemade applesauce. YUM! It was so much fun seeing all the kids in her class and spending the morning with them at the feast. Now I am already excited about next year. By the way all the costume pieces with the exception of Michael's shirt were made by me!

Class of 1998!!!

This past weekend we went to my class reunion! I feel officially old! I did have a great time though seeing how everyone has changed. Everyone looked older, but everyone is still the same. There were still the same groups hanging out together in pretty much their own corners. I wish we could have hung out longer. Michael was a great husband enduring his husbandly duties.

Baby prodigy?

This is Gabriella's recorder. Michael gave it to Adelynn to play with and the next thing we knew she was actually making it play by herself!

A change in seasons equals...

Layering your clothes! Which then equals a lot of laundry!

Haircut

Gabriella got her hair cut on Wednesday.

Gabriella above - A young Aunt Danielle left...

Uhhh!!!

This is what happens when you leave a semi-mobile baby with a mess a 4 year old started! She is hilarious!

Halloween

Friend Adan with dalmation dressed as a hot dog (Adelynn).

Gabriella with cousin Alyssa - the pirate -Arrrg.

Sorry these are so late. I have had problems with the computer and have only been able to get on for about 5 minutes at a time - barely enough time to check email. We had a great time on Halloween. Adelynn was a dalmation because Gabriella was going to be a fighter fighter (fire fighter). Sadly we lost an ear before we could get pictures. Gabriella decided to be the school bus I made her as a backup plan - so glad I did! It got a lot of compliments and oohs and aahs! The other kids in the pictures are cousins and cousins of cousins and friends of cousins. That's a lot of cousins! The girls were pooped at the end of the night!