Friday, November 25, 2011

Gobble, gobble!



We had an absolutely perfect Thanksgiving this year.  I have so, so much to be thankful for.  My family is definitely at the tippy top of my list.  And we are all so thankful that Marc's sister, Jeanna, arrived back in the states safely last night from her tour of duty in Iraq.  Poppy cannot wait to see her!

And here is a list we have been working on over the past few weeks...
Poppy was super into this.  Every morning at breakfast she would excitedly shout out what we should be thankful for that day.  My favorite was when Ty was over for lunch and the two of them together decided that we should be thankful for "friends".  It was so sweet.  And the fact that she wanted to put art and piano lessons up there melted my heart a little too.

Monday, November 14, 2011

So many thoughts and things to post about, but not enough time to sit and upload pics and type.  Soon.  In the meantime, here are a few pics from the past month...

Poppy on her way to school on pajama day.  She thought it was so cool that she got to wear her pj's to school.  And it was one of the first chilly mornings of the season, so overprotective Marc made her wear mittens to school which look totally ridiculous...


This little boy desperately deserves a post all his own.  So many changes he is going through.  And he is at the exact age that Poppy was at when she came home from Korea.  Crazy how different, yet alike they are...

And the absolute favorite part of my day.  No matter how exhausted either of us are, I always look forward to reading together before bedtime...

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Poppy & Ty

A few weeks ago, we met up with Poppy's best buddy, Ty, and his family at the Historical Society for a cute little Halloween event they were having.  I haven't mentioned Ty in a while, which is funny because he has quickly become such a big part of Poppy's life.  The two of them are pretty much inseparable at school every day and Poppy continues to talk about him all day and all weekend when they are apart.  


Seriously, could they be any cuter together?!






They really are so adorable together.  And it's so funny that whenever someone asks Poppy if Ty is her boyfriend, she's quick to say "No, he's my best friend."  And then one day she came home from school and told us that her and Ty have decided to get married, but not until they grow up.  And then a few days later she came home and said, "Ty's dad said that we have to go to college before we get married, so that's what we're gonna do."  Seriously, sometimes I feel like she is at least 14, not 4.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Halloween

Oy, picking out halloween costumes this year was quite the chore.  I had it in my head that I wanted Poppy and Sam to have coordinating costumes - like Tinkerbell and Peter Pan (which is Poppy's all-time fave movie).  Poppy says nope.  Max & Ruby.  Nope.  We gave her all these super cute ideas.  She shot them all down.  After weeks of debate, she declared, without any further negotiations, that she would be a waitress (and Sam could be her "cooker", if he wanted).  So without further ado, here is Waitress Poppy...
She looked adorable and she absolutely loved wearing it and being able to take everyone's orders.  Sammy however, would have no part in wearing a chef's hat.  Scroll down to see his costume...

After dropping off Poppy at school, I went home to make them a spooktacular lunch...
ghost made out of a cheese stick, monster jaw (apple slices w/ slivered almonds), banana ghost, mummy dogs, ketchup for dipping and apple cider

I was sure that the "monster jaws" would freak her out, but that was her favorite part...

Sam loved it too...

And then once everyone went down for their naps, I whipped up a batch of WORMS!!!
I am the worst at food photography and the coloring in this pic is horrible.  They weren't bloody red, they looked more like browny-red, like real worms!  I brought them to our halloween party, where no one would eat them because they were so gross looking!  Not even my bug-loving nephews would touch them!


the cousins!
 Check out Louis (sitting next to Sam) he was dressed as Charlie Sheen!

Then we flew back to our house to go trick-or-treating in our 'hood...
{Waitress Poppy & Sammy the Spider!}

Marc's (and Poppy's) masterpieces.  Marc was so proud when a few families said that they go trick-or-treating at our house every year just to see our pumpkins.

And Poppy's favorite part of Halloween - passing out the candy!  She did great, even when we had massive lines of people.  We only went through 500 pieces of candy this year!!!
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