Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving might be one of my favorite holidays. It is very low key for us and I love that! We woke up about 8:00 and I made pumpkin muffins for breakfast and we watched the Macy's Day Parade. Cooking and watching the parade give me such a good feeling I LOVE IT!!!

After breakfast the girls cuddled up together and finished watching the parade and Chris and I starting cooking. We made homemade applesauce, deviled eggs, cookies and green beans to take over to my mom and dad's to help her out some.

We didn't have to be at my parents house until about 4 so I even had time to pack up Hailey's room, since we sign on the new house November 30!

We headed to my parents and had a great dinner with more food then I needed to eat. The kids had a great time playing together and the big girls got their black Friday shopping plan together. Black Friday is my second favorite holiday :) The boys of the family spent most of their night in my dad's new "stable" It was a great day!

Trick or Treat

Halloween 2011, was GREAT! Halloween fell on a Monday which worked out well because my mom has the girls on Mondays. When I got off of work I went to my mom's to find Kiley sleeping and Hailey hyper as can be :) Hailey couldn't wait to get out the door to trick or treat, Kiley on the other hand wanted to stay in Mamaw's bed and sleep. I got Hailey ready and really had to work on Kiley, lets just say she woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

After lots of bribing I had both girls ready and we were out the door to trick or treat. We went to a few houses in my mom and dad's neighborhood and then Cory, Kate, Mia and Marley meet up with us. We headed down the hill to another neighborhood and then Tom, Kelli, Cole and Keira met up with us! It was so fun. Hailey could have trick or treated all night long if we would have let her and big shocker Kiley asked to go back to Mamaw's after about an hour of trick or treating!

The girls both got more candy then they will ever need to eat and had tons of fun. The only thing that could have made Halloween better is if it was on a Saturday. Worrying about getting home and settled down before 9:30 is stressful and 9:30 is an hour past bed time! The girls both woke up the next morning in good moods but that could be because I told them they could have candy for breakfast :) Hey, ya gotta do what ya gotta do!!!