Pizza Madness

For Patrick's birthday back in August the twins had gotten him a french bread pizza maker. They love helping him cut the dough and put toppings on their individual pizza rectangle.

They especially like watching them bake....a Sunday night favorite!

We started the exciting task of putting the tree up today. The twins thought it was the best. Ethan quickly lost interest, but Elaine stuck with me for the entire decorating. She loved the ornaments.

Later that night they took some time out from playing "meerkats" to find their favorite ornament from their GG.

Happy Birthday Nonnie

Tonight we all went out to celebrate Nonnie's birthday. The twins had a blast snacking on breadsticks and mac n cheese. After dinner we headed back to Cincinnati. What a great Thanksgiving.

Learning to Share

The kids are slowly starting to share. We were in Urbana for Thanksgiving and I took all the kids to get slushies. Ethan and Elaine "shared" one, but the cup never left Ethan's hands! And yes, it was a PJ day.

Pit Stop With Grandma & Grandpa

Grandma & Grandpa stopped for the night on their way home from St. Louis. We went out to dinner and relaxed at home. The twins were sad to see them leave but will see them soon for Christmas.

Company for Lunch

Uncle Timmy and Phillip came over today while Aunt Melissa was at worked. The kids had a blast eating lunch together. Phillip even used sat at a chair without the booster!...he's getting too big!

Long drive home from St. Louis

The kids have always been good travelers, mostly because we bribe them with French Fries and movies. This time Ethan got ahold of some chocolate while watching some Backyardigans. I wish that I could eat fries and watch movies in my PJ's without a care in the world!

Dinner with GG

Today we broke GG out of the rehab facility and made her dinner at her house. After dinner the kids had cookies from Aunt Jean. We were able to get them away from the cookies for a minute to get a group photo of all the kids.

Uncle Roy having some fun with the kids.

Slumber Party at GG's

We brought some toys to GG's but they were more excited to play with the flashlights that they found. The kids wanted to go "exploring" at GG's. In a very rare moment, we were able to get them all in the same spot to relax for a couple minutes and watch Toy Story 3. Of course, the flashlights had to come with them.

Little Musicans

The kids found 2 harmonicas while at Uncle Nancy's and Uncle Jim's. It took a couple minutes to figure them out, but here is the best they could do.

A Very Busy Day With Family

Saturday was a busy day! We started at the Science Center. All of the kids had a lot of fun.....minus Henry who slept the whole time! The kids ran around like loons and were so well behaved. They loved the overpass of the highway where they had glass cutouts you could walk on and see cars below zooming past. Personally it freaked me out!

After we felt the kids had sufficiently ran off enough energy we headed out to visit GG. Her current place is very nice. Everyone there loved the kids running around and they had a blast visiting with GG, Aunt Jean and putting together a Woody puzzle.

After our visit with GG we went back to the house for a short rest time and then headed out to Aunt Nancy and Uncle Jim's. We had a wonderful visit with everyone there. Aunt Kathy, Uncle Don, little Nancy, Mark, Michael, Alicia, Jennifer, Tom and all the grandkids were able to come. It was so nice of them to put that together and we had so much fun visiting and watching the show the Michael and Jennifer's girls put on for the adults. The kids were out within a minute of us leaving, they definitely wore themselves out!