Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. While we were sad we didn't get to be with either of our families, we enjoyed a great meal and company with our Army family. The week of Thanksgiving, I took a few pictures of the kids outside for our Christmas cards and a gift for Mallie's birthday with a pic of each of her grandchildren. My sweet man!

 My beautiful girl!

And my sweet baby girl!

 

Then, the several attempts at a group shot! They were all in great moods, though so I got a few that I loved.

 Here's a pic of the snow we got the week before Thanksgiving.

 Anna got her first taste of rice cereal this week. She grabbed the spoon and pushed it in her mouth. She doesn't love the taste of it, but she enjoys the whole eating process. I don't think we'll have a problem with food. She moves her mouth whenever she watches us chew. David freaked out when I first gave her the cereal cause I've told him so many times she can't have anything but milk. He now loves to watch her eat, though.

 Presley's dance teacher invited all the siblings in to their class this week to do the Turkey Wobble. David held her hand for a while, but more watched everyone else dance. I was glad he participated and he was so proud of himself when he got in the car. He kept saying, "David, Dance."

 We went over to our friend Kendra's house this week for crafts. The kids had a ball! They painted around 15 flour ornaments Kendra had baked. I even got David to do a few and painted Anna's hand on one. 

 Thanksgiving morning, Presley loved watching the parade. Her favorite was the Rockette's. She asked if she could be a dancing girl like them when she grows up. She was such a big helper with Anna while Cameron and I were cooking. She read her stories and entertained Anna most of the morning.  She also kept lecturing David about cleaning up his toys since we had told her not to make a huge mess cause people were coming over. Such a little mommy!

 The kids all ate in the kitchen... David was the last one at the table. He thoroughly enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner (and I think he ate off all the leftover plates).

 Enjoying a cookie with all the boys!

 Presley had a ball with Rylee, our friend's daughter. She's just a month older than Presley. They wore every outfit in her dress up closet and had a parade. Presley cried and cried when Rylee left. She was definitely over tired, as it was after her bedtime, but I think they just had so much fun together, she was sad to see her go. I'm glad we've made some good friends here for us and our kids. 

 The kids love getting packages and tore through a Christmas package from G and D. They loved all of it and Presley told me that night to remind her to write a thank you card to G and D thanking them for her stuffed reindeer.

 We decorated for Christmas the Friday after Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun and the kids were super excited to pull out all the decorations. They were a big help with the tree and loved drinking apple cider while we decorated. David loved pulling out all my old Santa ornaments which are Santa on various trains, buses, rockets, etc.  He has carried around the Santa train and Santa tour bus (which he calls a school bus) the past few days. The school bus has to watch him eat all his meals at the table and goes up to his room for nap and bedtime. 

 We topped off Thanksgiving weekend with an Auburn victory over Alabama in the Iron Bowl! Presley wore her Aubie hairbow she's convinced is magical cause they've won every game when she's worn it. 

 It was quite an amazing victory with an unforgettable ending! 

WAR EAGLE!