The Doctors Wife

A Milestone

One of the reasons I have been a little scarce around here lately, is that David is now paci-free! He has done pretty well, although we have had a few late nights and apparently no paci= no nap! So between no naps and the holidays, my free time has been non-existent! The paci fairy brought David some neat dinosaur stuff and we made a specail trip to Build-A-Bear to celebrate our big boy. David picked out a Snoopy (he loves Snoopy!) and found the cutest Woody costume for him to wear. Hannah was very sweet, saying "Oh David, I'm so proud of you!" she picked out a pink Hello Kitty with (of course) a pink princess dress. The kids had such a good time, and I am happy that my little guy is 100% paci-free! 

 

All Aboard!

The Christmas Train!

We took a little trip to ride the Christmas Train- it is so neat! It was our first year to do this and I hope it becomes a family tradition. It is an amazing Christmas village with all kinds of activities, we took a carriage ride, rode the mini train, rode the carousel, visted Santa, had dinner, rode the big Christmas train, and had so much fun! There were carolers and lights every where, so the ambiance was amazing. The best thing is that the Christmas train tells the story of Jesus, the real meaning of Christmas.

On the mini-train- they had so much fun, David was so excited to ride the "chugga chugga choo choo". Their sweet little faces were lit up the entire night, and it was such a great family night. I took a ton of pictures, but this was one of those nights that I hardly got any with them both looking at the camera without having a goofy look. Evidence of said goofy looks:

Yeah....he was very excited! We had so much fun and they are both still talking about it and I hope we will be able to get tickets next year!

 

 

 

Thanksgiving...

Just a little late! Hannah and David were both pilgrims for their school programs this year and they were precious! I think I ended up with more video than photos, which is kind of a shame since I am terrible with the video camera! Here are a couple of pictures of my little pilgrims:

 

We also started a new tradition this year- I saw it years ago on a blog and knew that when Hannah and David were big enough I wanted to do it... A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving! We love the Charlie Brown movies at our house and the "feast" that Snoopy prepares is right up Hannah's alley!

I put the popcorn inside the paper-bag turkey, and Snoopy wore David's pilgrim hat. : )

Daddy "carving" the turkey

Hannah LOVED this, she thought it was so much fun! We actuallly got her to try a few jelly beans, she wasn't too crazy about them, but at least she gave them a try! (Yes, her pickiness even spreads into "treats")

David loved having dinner with Snoopy and I think this will be a fun night-before Thanksgiving tradition!

David is drinking "green juice" - Bolthouse Farms Green Goodness or Naked Juice Green Machine are our favorites- thought I'd add this in, otherwise I know I'll get questions asking what in the world is in his cup!  ; )

The Charlie Brown feast is popcorn, jelly beans, toast and pretzels if you've never seen the show

Yo Gabba Gabba!

My kids are huge fans of Yo Gabba Gabba- I know that it is a show that you either love or hate, and Gabba love is goin' on at our house. So when Yo Gabba Gabba Live came to town, we were excited to go! Hannah got a new Foofa dress, and David loved his Plex shirt!

Hannah and David LOVED it and I have to say it was a  really good show. David burst into tears when it was over, he was so sad to say good-bye. If your kids are fans of the show, and you get a chance to go- you absolutely should!

 

Halloween Fun

The last couple of weeks have been a blur of activities! Before Halloween is completly irrelevant here are some fun pics from that weekend:

David participates in a little gym class, and the gym had a carnival. Hannah and David had so much fun- they had a balloon artist and he made David "Rex" and Hannah a flower bracelet. They had fun playing, making crafts, getting their faces painted and having snacks.

After David's gym carnival, we went to a local church's festival. They had lots of games and inflatables and my kids had a blast!! 

And finally...trick or treating!

I loved their costumes and they had so much fun!

 

The Lake, Part 2

Can you tell by the look on David's face that he had a blast on the boat?

He was so excited and kept begging to go "faster, faster!" He was giddy with excitement, and the faster we went, the more exctied he got! "Having a go" driving the boat,

 

The "queen of the world"

When Mommy started driving the boat, David cuddled up with Grammy and took a nap. I guess my driving wasn't as fast and exciting as Daddy's!

We had so much fun and I am so thankful for this tradition- we have been going on fall break for the last 17 years and I look forward to many more!

The Lake, Part 1

During fall break we were lucky enough to get away to the lake with my parents. Hannah and David were giddy with excitement and were on cloud 9 the entire weekend! Going for a hike with Grammy:

David was so exciting to go fishing and had his hands on his Cars rod whenever he could. Getting a lesson on casting from PaPa

He loved pushing the button and reeling it in, he did this over and over and over!

Hannah fishing with PaPa- she was so cute! The first time she was reeling her line in, she said "Ewwww, I caught a worm!" Ha! 

First fish! (It's little and in the shadows, but Hannah was so excited!)

David's first fish! He had so much fun- they were getting to where they were catching fish after fish! It was so fun that they had such good luck their first time fishing! I am so thankful that my parents were there and got to see them catch their first fish- my Dad has macular degeneration and his vision has really been going down hill in the last few months, and I am grateful he got to see this special first. 

 

Homecoming

A couple of weeks ago was homecoming for our little town. While we are in a suburb of a much larger city, the actual town we live in is small and so events like homecoming are commmunity events and I love that! The school had spirit week with dress up days and by the actual day of the game Hannah was super excited to go. Our sweet baby sitter is a cheerleader and Hannah and David both had so much fun getting to see her cheer. Don't let the distracted look on David's face fool you- he was in heaven with so many high school girls to flirt with! I think he was checking out some of the other cheerleaders in this shot!

The homecoming game was so much fun- Hannah loved getting to see all of the girls in their formal dresses, they were both super excited to see the marching band, and both enjoyed a few football treats,

She is totally checking out David's popcorn level, she was just about out and was hoping to "share" with him. The weather was perfect and we had a great time, we left after the half time show because it was so late, and they were both getting pretty tired. It is so much fun now that both Hannah and David are old enough to go to things and participate and we can do things as a family and all have a good time!

 

Trick or Treat!

Woody and Jessie hope that you got lots of your favorite candy!

Pumpkin Patch

A couple of weeks ago we headed out to the pumpkin patch. The night before I set the table for a special pumpkin breakfast- I had planned on making pumpkin muffins, but ran out of time, but luckily I had some pumpkin waffles in the freezer from a couple of weeks ago. The next morning when Hannah saw the table she was so excited, it reminds me how important it is to take that extra step to make things special. It really isn't that much extra for me to do, but makes things so much more special and memorable for Hannah and David.

Feeding the baby goats at the pumpkin patch- they sure were cute!

A few hugs waiting for a pony ride...

Can you tell that someone was super excited? Ha!

Picking out the perfect pumpkin...

I love this one of David- he was so proud of himself! And I love his wind-blown hair!

We had a great day- I am so thankful for my two sweet little pumpkins!