The rest of November including Thanksgiving!

I am the worst blogger lately, but I don’t even feel guilty about it! I am doing all the things and blogging is low on the list. But, in an effort to document a bit, here are some activities and pictures from November!

I love our house and our after school playtime! Here are the boys playing in the front yard together using wands and pretending to “stupify” me! Love it!

Fast forward a few weeks and you see lots of kids playing with our kids! So glad we moved to this cul-de-sac!


And we have trees with lots of leaves for making piles and playing!

And we got into the holiday spirit at Thanksgiving—baking cookies and playing music!

Olivia was a huge help in the kitchen this year!

Nicholas’s intern Anan joined us for Thanksgiving dinner, and it was so nice to have company to share with! My favorite quote from the day was when Leo said, “Mom, you said we were having Chinese!” I had said we were eating on china!

We played outside and upstairs and had fun even though Leo had been sick that week. Then we all got sick for the rest of the weekend, but not before Olivia and I did a little Black Friday shopping and Nicholas built the platform in our garage to accommodate the ramp for his mom.

Pictures of the ramp to come!

We celebrated Nicholas’s birthday early with presents and cake the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The kids hung out on the platform while he built...

Uncle and Mrs. Charlie Kraft!

Wow! Uncle Chuck got married! And what a beautiful wedding it was! We were all excited for the trip to Cincinnati to celebrate uncle Chuck and Andrea. We drove in on Thursday, played on Friday morning, and started the wedding festivities on Friday night. It was wonderful to see the happy, beautiful couple! And it was so great to visit with family, too!

Some highlights, starting with the stunning wedding party!

Leading up to that....we went to the aquarium...

The rehearsal was lovely and laid back. The dinner was yummy and nice to meet the other side of the family! 

Saturday morning the big kids got to do fun stuff with Aunt Bonnie, Grandpa Bill and Tamara or Mutti!

Then, the wedding! The ceremony was short, poignant, and beautiful! The rest of the night—cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing—was fun and friendly!

Wishing Chuck and Andrea so much happiness and a smooth road!

Halloween 2018

We had a perfect day for Halloween—the weather was warm, the kids were excited, and the cul de sac party was fun! Olivia trick or treated with friends (and a parent) for the first time without us. Jason was thrilled to trick or treat, and ran from house to house, screaming after each, “Look what I got!” Leo had so much fun with all his friends, too!

Olivia was an eagle, Leo a Nexo Knight, and Jason was Venom.

I was a runner for Halloween! Ha!

Also, Jason had a parade at school! He was Ironman there!