November 2014

Boy do I have a lot of catching up to do! November seems like it was so long ago. Overall it was pretty uneventful, but here's a few highlights of the month.

Toward the beginning of November, I took Leah of see Disney on Ice along with a few other family members. They showcased Cars, The Little Mermaid, Tinkerbell, and Toy Story 3. Leah has really been into Tinkerbell lately, so she really loved that part. And of course, seeing Mickey Mouse is always a favorite. During the intermission, her Aunt MoMo spoiled her and bought her a snow cone in a Tinkerbell cup.

Here's some of the other little "Princesses" that went with us. It looks like Makynlee and Kenzie got spoiled with snow cones too.

We got invited to join our neighbors' preschool group on their field trip to the BYU Bean Museum. The Bean Museum is a natural history museum that is full of stuffed animals (real ones, not toys). It was recently renovated and looks really cool. Our neighbor had signed up for a special class where they taught the kids about a few different animals and brought out some for them to get a closer look at. A few of them were alive and a couple of them were stuffed. Here's a picture of Leah touching a live lizard. I didn't think she would, but she did okay with it. She wasn't as interested in petting the live snake.

The stuffed penguin was a favorite with all the kids. Even I was willing to pet the penguin. It was pretty cool to see one up that close even if it wasn't alive anymore.

We got out our turkey from last year and all through the month we added feathers to him. Each night with our "scripture, song and prayer" we would each share something we were grateful for that happened that day. Then we would write it on a feather and add it to our turkey. By the end of the month, he looked nice and full of things we were grateful for. I really like this tradition because it helps us really think about how blessed we are. And it is fun to hear some of the simple and/or interesting things that Leah would share. Her feathers almost always had something to do with people in her life, like getting to play with a friend or cousin, going to Grandpa's house or making a new friend at school. She is definitely in a stage of life where she is very socially driven. For Corbin, we would just think of something that he seemed to really enjoy that day and write it down.

To celebrate Thanksgiving, we had our usual Thanksgiving dinner on the Sunday before with my family and then went to Ross's mom's for Thanksgiving day with our Leslie family. And as it worked out, we were able to stay the night at her house which was very helpful since my ultrasound was scheduled for the next day and we were able to leave the kids there while we went to the appointment. (I'll post more about that later.)

So there's our November in a nutshell. Time flies.