Thanksgiving 2012

Sam Nolan's first Thanksgiving was full of family and food! It was much like the Indian's and Piligrim's first Thanksgiving.

Surrounded by family.

 Feasting on all the yummy food.

 Getting help from the older wiser.

 Sleeping off the day's feast.

 He even had entertainment from his fellow Indian family members.

 But he was not into being an Indian himself. He will leave that to his sister, and he will keep feasting on the sweet potatoes (notice the potato mustache). :)

I was thinking that November would be a little less hectic than October, but I may have missed the mark on that dream. I absolutely love to craft, and when our Delaney's snack of the week was letter "i", I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and I was hoping it would be around Thanksgiving. The icecream cone indian teepees with brownie inside (that the kids would decorate) were so fun to make. Delaney told me she would help make her friends the "initial" bracelets, but after about two bracelets, she lost interest. Oh well...

Mickey Mouse and Minnie celebrated their birthday the same day, so we took pictures that morning with our Minnie outfit and Sam Nolan dressed in "Mickey colors". :) I want to blog about Delaney's hair dilemma at this age. She has now decided that it's not as cool to wear bows anymore (at the ripe old age of three), so in order to get her to tame her naturally wavy hair each morning I have to show her googles images of Cinderella wearing a bow, give her a piece of gum, and tell her that she will have "crazy hair" if we don't put one in. Needless to say, we are going to grow her hair a little longer so ponytails will be in her future.

I loved Sam Nolan's face in this picture. He really only smiles like this. Open mouth and all. :)

Can you tell Delaney is trying to tell him to stop doing something? Her face says it all.

This past weekend, Sam Nolan turned 10 months old! I told Eric the other day, that to me, this is the most wonderful age. It truly gets better and better. He is babbling all the time, realizing who everyone is, making connections to his favorite toys (ball and remote control), and eating new food all the time. He is scooting around on his behind, but not really wanting to crawl. He pulls up on anything he can and doesn't like to be the only one on the floor. His newest word is "cra-cker." He is still a wonderful sleeper. :)

Trying to wave (backwards)

We have been getting our shopping accomplished before the Christmas crowds, and Delaney is definitely into our "girl's shopping day."

*Funny Delaney word usage* She recently had an "icecream field trip" at school, and when I asked her how it went she told me, "It was wonderful. You know it was a 'privilege' to go, Mommy."

Fun times.

Preparing for the Holidays!

Thanksgiving yet??!! No. But the holiday season has pretty much already begun in the Roberts' household. We are sooo ready to wear our Christmas pajamas, get cozy, and listen to holiday music. We just had to try them on!

 Someone is VERY excited!

 He hopes it's as wonderful and magical as Delaney has made it out to be. :)

 We usually wait until Thanksgiving break to start putting up our Christmas stuff, but I really wanted to have more time to enjoy it! We decided this Veteran's Day three day weekend would be a great opportunity to go ahead and start our Christmas decorating, complete with the tree...and Barney!

 Delaney is singing and Sam Nolan has scooted around until he is almost under the tree! They definitely are a funny pair.

Let's begin our post with a "kiss, kiss" wearing our big lips from Mary Beth! We were so sad we didn't make it down to Mobile for Amy's baby shower for Thomas, so we wanted to give kisses to those we didn't see. :)

Delaney's class Halloween party was on the day of Halloween, and Eric was able to take off to visit during his lunch time. Before school, this is what we have been doing with our time. Can we say, "ready for Santa!!??"

 At JCA, Delaney dressed in her Pocahontas outfit and had fun with her other friends.

 Eric came by and played with Sam Nolan while he was there. Tickled boy.

Boy loves his Daddy! 

 Boy loves his ball, too!

Later that night, Sam Nolan wasn't as thrilled. He was very tired, so I stayed behind to pass out candy and take care of him. Daddy and Delaney hit the streets with our neighbors and "trick or treated" until about 7:30.

Mad Pocahontas face.

Not a happy cowboy.

Cowboy and Indian. :)

The next week, Delaney had her first "school field trip". We went to Disney on Ice.

My babies.

Does she look excited?? Her friend, Sarah, was very excited, too.

This is what they saw.

Can you guess what they were talking about?

Princesses! Cute Delaney moment: I recently bought a cd from the movie "Tangled" and it has quickly become her favorite one to listen to everyday. In the car, we sing a duet together to the song "I see the light." I am Flynn and she is Rapunzel. During the show, the song came on (lanterns and all). She quickly looked at me and said, "Mommy, our song! You be Flynn and I'll be Rapunzel!!" So she sat in my lap, our heads close together, and sang the entire song together. I loved it when she closed her eyes and moved her head around in her own musical rhythm. I almost cried (okay I did tear up a little bit) when I saw how much she loved the moment and how much it meant to her that we sang together. I know those precious mommy and me moments will soon be too embarassing for her to have with me, so I cherish everytime she wants me to join her.

One more fall fun thing we love to do is bake cookies. It makes the house smell so sweet and Delaney is finally at an age where she can actually help!

Her creations!

 

Sam Nolan prefers to do this on cozy fall days...