Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving with family this year. We visited Jamie (who started a blog while I was there, but has no posts, so no link yet), Josh and Rylan along with Grandma & Papaw, Appy Debbie, Chelsea and Rick. We all filled our bellies and enjoyed each other's company. It was raining most of the time, so we were inside, but had a good time. It was amazing to see how much little Rylan has changed - I snapped a cutie patootie picture of him too. Grandma & Papaw followed us home and stayed with Brenna while I worked on Friday. We ventured out to shop a little on Saturday and spent the day getting Christmas decorations set up - the tree is up and lights are on outside. It's beginning to feel like Christmas (except for the warm weather, I don't think I ever get used to that occurring in November/December). Sunday we visited a park to get some fun pictures taken. Chelsea took some great ones of me & Brenna. I'm saving the best one for the Christmas card. We had lots of fun while we were there. We walked around the park, then took a ride on the train (Chelsea's friend hooked us up for free!) and on the carousel. We also fed the ducks before leaving (not my favorite part as there were lots of icky pigeons around too and it was nearly my worst nightmare when the all took off flying at the same time - eeewwww). As we were leaving, I had some car alarm issues and was very thankful that it happened then (with Chelsea) and so close to Appy Debbie's house - phew! All was resolved though and we made it home to finish up with Christmas decorations. What a crazy, busy, fun weekend! Can't wait until we have another fun one.

I'm all out of kisses

Here's the conversation Brenna and I had as we were playing tonight:

M: Can I have a kiss?
B: Nope, I'm all out.
M: What? Can you make some more?
B: Sure. (she proceeds to stick her finger in her mouth and "stir"). Ok, I have more now. (She kisses my cheek)
M: Thanks!
B: I have some hugs too if you want some of those.
M: Yes please! (she proceeds to hug me)
B: Ok, now I have to get more at the store.
M: When are we going to the store?
B: On Thursday
M: We have to wait until Thursday?
B: Yep

I sure do love that girl!

P.S. "M" is for mommy

History!

Brenna predicted history the other night when I asked her who would be elected president. Although I only recall mentioning both of the candidates' names to her once (pointing them out on tv since they were on tv a lot), she retained the information and repeated it back to me! Imagine my surprise when she tells me one night "you're Barack Obama and I'm John McCain!" I asked her who they were and she replied "for president." So I got the video camera - and I didn't talk about my vote with her. I interviewed her about 4 times - she was split even for them - twice she thought Obama would win and twice she thought McCain. Every instance after that, she would mention them both. Either way, I was shocked that she remembered their names after just one conversation, but now she recognizes their faces. It was amazing to witness a history-making moment last night. I am hopeful that we are all in for an improved America under Obama's leadership! And whether you voted for him or not, it is a pretty inspiring time - to see racial barriers knocked down (or at least knocked over) and I think it says a lot about how far we've come as a nation.

Halloween 2008

Halloween was a lot of fun this year - Brenna was counting down as soon as we got the decorations out around the house! She had the trick or treating script memorized early in the month and was very excited to be a fairy princess - what else? She got to wear glittery wings, glittery shoes (thanks to Appy Debbie) and glittery nail polish - perfectly fitting for her this year. There were lots of fun activities for this holiday including a festival at daycare, pumpkin carving with mommy and of course - trick or treating! Daddy came over to our house for trick or treating (as we get used to doing things a little differently) and we walked around the neighborhood. Pretty quickly that bucket was getting heavy and she was asking us to "go home." All that walking with a heavy bucket - just exhausting right? She anxiously waited for more kids to come to the house so she could hand out candy the rest of the night while we watched a Halloween cartoon and then visited with our friends and neighbors! Stay tuned for fun election updates with Brenna!