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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Preschool Thanksgiving Feast

Mid-November, Anthony had his Thanksgiving Feast at school.  He was so excited because he knew both Mommy AND Daddy were coming to his class for lunch! 


Daddy and Lucas waiting for Anthony to come back to his classroom



One of the student's moms did these adorable pilgrim table decorations



Before the feast began, the class put on a performance of "Five Fat Turkeys" for all the parents.  Anthony was one of the cooks, and his job was to catch a turkey!  :)



Not two seconds had passed after Anthony finished his role in the rhyme before Lucas scurried up to sit next to big brother...he admires him so much!



I just love how happy Anthony is at this school, with his teachers, and with all the great friends he has made.



Feast Time!  Chick-Fil-A chicken nuggets, of course!
(gotta eat the cookie first though--why not?  it's a holiday celebration!!!)



both Lucas and Anthony have some serious style going on with the way they wear their pilgrim hats!!!



Happy Early Thanksgiving (2 months late)!
Great job on your performance, Anthony!  We loved watching you!!!

Saturday, January 5, 2013

November in a Nutshell

Random pictures of our fun in November...



playing dress up at friend Audrey's house


audrey's dress up clothes are a little different than ours!!!



at least the fairy wings are blue, right?



these two are such great friends!



my sweet hubby and cutie boys on their most recent hike



i love these handsome hunks



silly faces are quite common in pics these days





God bless America
we love our country, and we love how we have a God who is in control





Anthony gets to wear his "spirit shirt" to class the first tuesday of every month




of course, my little Lucas wants to wear his green shirt too!!!



i cannot believe how much more i love these two with every passing day!!!



they are growing up too fast!



lucas makes his pb&j for lunch while anthony is at school
love all the concentration--
sticking that tongue out really does help!



so proud!



yuuuuuuummmm!



it was a beautiful day, so we decided to do a picnic lunch up in the fort




oh, and lucas spilled the beans about one of daddy's christmas presents, so we let him open it early!



it's a brand new samsonite suitcase!
(his old suitcase was literally falling apart!)
it worked out very conveniently since he had two trips this month!
merry (early) christmas, honey!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

All Things Halloween 2012

Boy, we sure know how to squeeze as much as we can possibly squeeze into the end of October!!! Here are the highlights of all of our Halloween celebrating!


our front door monster--found in the blog world, of course!
who knew duct tape and streamers could be so cute???


the fall festival at our church is one of the things we look forward to every year!
it sure was windy--lucas is holding onto his hat for dear life!



right at the church entrance was parked a huge firetruck, and some very friendly firemen let the boys climb inside and put on some gear!  how fun!




look at these two handsome firemen!



er, i mean, two goofy firemen!!!  ;)




the boys loved trying out all the games
here, anthony is rolling a huge ball trying to land it in the center of a parachute



yay!  we love it when we run into our friends!
anthony and lucas are posing with taylor and hudson (aka spidergirl and spiderman)
don't they all look thrilled!?!  haha!



lucas plays darts with magnets



however, just like last year, the highlight of the night is this large area where they have all the shaped mats out



anthony was hard at work building a city



he was completely undaunted as the other kids climbed all over his stuff and knocked it down in parts.  he just kept at his work building it back up!



lucas was a willing helper for part of the time; then he left to go do his own thing



great balancing, lucas!



my snuggle bunny is getting a little tired!  time to go home...what a fun night!



instead of carving our pumpkins this year, we used the little kit that nonna sent us and made mr. potato head-like faces on the fronts of them!  



the boys LOVED it, and it was much cleaner and faster than our usual carving routine!



trying to smile like their pumpkins!



all cozy with a fire in the fireplace!



and here's the finished product--
now our big door monster has some little pumpkin monster company!
we got so many compliments on these little pumpkins from our trick-or-treaters!



more dress-up!
time to go see our friends at playgroup!



look at all this cuteness!!!
audrey, the precious kitty cat; caleb as captain america; joshua as the hulk, and lucas & anthony as firemen!
so thankful audrey loves these boys so much--she gets a little outnumbered at our gatherings with all these boys (and the activity and noise that come along with them)!!!



anthony got to wear his costume to school the week before halloween.  i had lucas dress up as well for a special date with me at the pottery barn kids story time at the mall.



oooh!  i could love on these boys all day!  
it's too bad we have other things that have to be done!



fireman with a backpack on--
he's so excited to see his school friends!



here's the action at dropoff--you can see ms. lisa on the left--
she dressed up as the chick-fil-a cow!  creative!



one of anthony's best school friends, kai (dressed up as the ninja), sits next to him at the "yellow" table every school-day



we came back a little earlier in the afternoon to pick anthony up, because the class was having a halloween party!  lucas found a comfy spot to read.




kai's mom is the official party planner for the class, and she goes all out!  she did a pirate theme, complete with adorable table settings and treats!
oh, and you can see his other teacher, ms. jenna walking in the background!  she was the most adorable mad scientist i've ever seen!  scrubs and frizzed out hair--genious!



anthony decorated a pirate pumpkin, ate a chocolate cupcake, and stole some gold treasure, all while wearing his pirate's bandana!



the pirate action continues at home, and now lucas joins in!



"arrrrrrrrrgh"!!!!!




on halloween night, we ran over to ghengis grill for a quick bite to eat.
the kids love the mac and cheese here!



silly face!
and they love trying their hand at the chopsticks!



back at home, some of their best friends needed to dress up too!
mickey wears a superhero mask, and tigger is -- wait for it -- a pirate!!!
arrrrrrgh!




these cute firemen could hardly wait for it to get dark!
love their treat bags from the store i shouldn't be allowed to shop at anymore--pb kids!
(at least it was the outlet this time!  thanks, mom!)


dark pic, but these two did a great job at saying "trick or treat" and "thank you"
it's a little tricky remembering all the right words!



ahhhhh yes!  the spoils of their endeavor!  
CANDY!!!!

Hope all the rest of you had a spooking good time!!!