You Are My Sunshine...: November 2011

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Our little seafood eaters...

Today Matt opened a can of sardines and much to my surprise both kids wanted some! Now, I'm not one for those little headless (I actually haven't gotten close enough to know if they still have their heads or not,) shiny fish all packed in like, well, like sardines in a can with their horrid smell, but to each his own, I guess.

When Sammer started screaming more after Matt opened the sardines I knew there was trouble to be had, but when Adri asked for one, ate it and then asked for more, I just knew these couldn't be my children! Yuck! Of course as a parent you have to say something else. You can't possibly let them know that you think their new sardine habit is the most wretched thing they could eat. :) So I replied with "Wow! You two are really healthy eaters! You're going to grow up big and strong!" Adri was so proud she took another bite of the shiny fish and chewed it to smithereens, smiling the entire time. Mmmmm, yummy.

Tonight we decided to have crab legs for dinner. Matt's first reply when we sat down to eat and he tried to keep up with the kids insatiable appetite for crab was "this is the kind of dinner you get a babysitter for". Trying to break all those crab legs and keep up with the kids was hard work! I reluctantly helped (breaking crab legs is not my thing, I do love to eat it though so I guess it was fair to share the work) get that succulent meat out of the legs and give it to the kids. They gobbled it up quicker than Thanksgiving turkey! :) Adri doesn't like to dip hers in butter while Sammy LOVES his drenched in it.

Here's some pictures of their after dinner treat. Adri's showing Sam how to do naughty things and of course he's following his "oh so cool sister".

Look Mom! It's the ice cream dance!

From Fall 2011

Me too! Ice cream, Ice cream!

From Fall 2011

Adri taught me that I can drink my ice cream soup!!!

From Fall 2011

Now we pound on the table and scream, just like Adri said to do. Gosh, she's a good teacher!

From Fall 2011

You know you think I'm the cutest...

From Fall 2011

Adri? Where did you go?

From Fall 2011

This is how you do it Sam! You eat ice cream, pound on the table and scream at the top of your lungs!!! Mom and Dad just love it...

From Fall 2011

Gotchya. I think I'll just do the cute look...Gets me further with Mom and Dad...

From Fall 2011

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Adri's first sleepover and Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Last weekend Adri had her first sleepover with Aunt Mary Jo. I thought for sure she would call to come home, I even stayed up waiting for the call, but she didn't! She spent the entire night and had the most fantastic time! She brought home an apple pie that she made by herself as well as exciting stories of all the adventures she had.

My little girl is all grown up now! It's amazing how much she has grown even over these last few months. She has the greatest facial expressions and comes up with the most wonderful of questions such as "Why do you have to eat Daddy? You're not going to grow anymore so you don't need it." and "I'm going to put these M&M's in the ground for Jesus so he can find them and eat them."

Sammer is a whirlwind. That adorable little boy NEVER sits down except when he sleeps. I tried keeping up with him over this Thanksgiving break and all it's gotten me is tired. I don't know how he does it, but he goes and goes. On any given day you can find him with his cars playing and banging them together saying "Boom, Boom!" He's finally begun talking more and says "doggie, sit down, jessica (his teacher's name) all of his classmates names, Mama, Dada, thank you, geesh, and many more. He's an amazing little boy, always with a smile on his face, who loves to entertain anyone around.

Which brings me back around to my thankfulness. Thanksgiving has come and gone already and it's makes me think that I am so thankful for my family. I haven't been able to spend an abundant time with them lately thanks in part to my excessive class load and extensive library time, but I love them dearly and don't know what I would do without them. Thank God for Matt, who keeps it all together when I'm not able to do so right now. He's an amazing father and husband and I wouldn't be able to do this Master's degree thing without him and all of his help.

Thank goodness for our for Matt's and my families too, we love all of you guys and are so thankful for you.

Here are some of the pictures from our Thanksgiving holiday: