Elle is writing!

Someone has learned to write her name and now she writes it EVERYWHERE!  Oh, and she also likes to draw people.  

Decorating our Tree

On Friday we decorated our tree.  The girls put up all the ornaments in one small section, so we had to rearrange a bit.  

Finished tree!  

Chippy returns!

Thanksgiving night, Chippy made his way back to our house from the North Pole.  He even came bearing gifts this year!  He brought the girls Christmas pillowcases to ensure they have sweet Christmas dreams all month.  They are soft flannel and oh so cozy.  (I kinda wish I had one!)  The girls have been SO thrilled that he's here.  They are filling his mailbox with plenty of pictures and letters and have been talking to him.  The first thing they want to do in the morning is go find him.  Elle keeps reminding all of us that we can't touch him because we will hurt his magic.  Also, anytime someone is bad Elle says "you are hurting Santa's heart!"  She is just so sweet.

The girls set up a little cozy nap on the floor the morning they got their pillowcases.

Thanksgiving

Thursday we had a quiet Thanksgiving with just the 4 of us.  We ordered a dinner from Whole Foods and added in a few more sides that I made.

My little helpers on Wednesday making orange salad.  Upon taste test, Elle loved, Scarlett hated.

 Coloring on our tablecloth

The 3 pajama pals.  They decided that since we weren't going anywhere (and it was cold out), that we might as well make it pajama Thanksgiving.

Ready to eat!  Elle's favorites were the sweet potatoes and orange salad.  She hated the green bean casserole and stuffing.  

True to her word, Scarlett ONLY ate turkey, mashed potatoes and mac and cheese.  

Dessert time!  Elle liked her pumpkin pie!

Scarlett would not take a bit of pumpkin pie, but she did eat a big pile of cool whip and some turkey cookies.

Post dinner movie.  Good thing our couch is so big!

Thanksgiving with PK3

I went to Elle's Thanksgiving celebration at school on Wednesday.  We made a hand turkey and had a snack.  The kids all wore their turkey shirts (which Elle called her "Saints turkey").

She's very proud of her hand turkey WITH a belly button.

Saints turkey

Me and my girl

She got to wear the turkey shirt one more time to school today.

Weekend in Baton Rouge

Cameron had to cover call in Baton Rouge this weekend, so we had a mini vacation for the weekend.  The girls and I got up about dinner time on Friday, so we met Cameron at the mall for dinner and then settled in our hotel.  Saturday was a pretty day, so we started out by going to Tiger Stadium to meet Mike the Tiger.  The girls thought he was SO cool!  They were chasing him along the glass.  Mike was the most tame tiger I have ever seen.  He even posed for pictures!  I guess he's been raised to love the attention.  

After we talked to Mike and drove around the LSU campus, we took the girls to the mall.  Even before we walked in, Scarlett said "I think there's a build a bear here".  We tried to play it off and tell her we weren't sure there was.  She was insistent.  Lucky for them we finally found it :o)  

We saw Santa in the mall too.  I asked the girls if they wanted to talk to him and they were BOTH scared.  I don't have much hope for the Santa picture this year!

Scarlett's first kindergarten field trip

Scarlett had her first kindergarten field trip today!  Now that she's a big elementary school girl she gets to ride the bus to field trips.  I opted to just meet them there.  We went to the botanical gardens at City Park.  I realized that I had never been!  It was actually really cool.  Our tour guide was amazing and really kept the kids' interest.  After our tour we went to the playground for lunch.

Feeling the ferns in the greenhouse

The kids got the chance to plant their own seed.  It should turn into a flower (if I don't kill it first!)

The kids were searching for tadpoles in the lilypad pond

Scarlett and Grayson in the playground

And Miss Elle stayed full day at school today.  She was so happy to do so.  All she had to say about it last night was "can I have my tinkerbell lunch kit and chocolate milk?"  Her teacher said she did great!