Thanksgiving Fun

We had dinner outside. I was made fun of for wearing my big coat,

but I stayed nice and warm, unlike a few people who had to go inside early.

Cute naked Morgan

The little kids table.

Brooke filling the cornucopias.

Bryn and Evie eating the cornucopias.

Stewart throwing snowballs at the girls.

A classic Grandma Patsy tea party.

Good times!

Sentence Finisher

I am a sentence finisher. Anytime anyone pauses slightly, I try and finish their sentence. I don't discriminate who I do it to- family, friends, neighbors, strangers etc. I don't do it on purpose. It just kind of happens. I blame it on being a twin. Sunny has the very same problem. Stewart and I came up with a rule that if he pauses long during his sentence, it is fair game for me to jump in and guess what he is trying to say. I know most people don't like it, so I try to be conscious of it. It was really hard for me back when I worked at eBay because I had a co-worker that sat next to me with a pretty severe stutter. It was a sentence finisher's nightmare. I wanted to finish his sentences for him so badly, I knew what he was going to say and he would just get stuck on one or two words. But I didn't want to offend him and so I would try to be quiet the whole time. But Sunny and I grew up finishing each other sentences and it's a hard habit to break.

Twice this last week, I was telling Evie something and as I paused, she chimed in and finished my sentence. It caught me off guard and made me laugh.

It doesn't bother me at all, I say... guess, guess away my friends.

Ball Popper Treasures

The Ball Popper is a very loved toy at our house. It is also the place where Stewie loves to store his treasures. "Did you check the ball popper?" is a regular question that gets asked in our house when something goes missing. The items we find in the popper change daily. Today, the following items can be found in it:

- Blue plastic knife

- plastic ring from our vacuum

- 2 little cars

- Lego's

- a skirt that belongs to Tinkerbell

- Toddler toothpaste

Sometimes it can be rather tricky to get all the objects out. A special thanks to Lissy a few weeks ago, who was able to get a very stuck container of Play Dough out. I thought for sure that was the end of the ball popper.

Beaver Boy

Most families have at least one child that likes to chew on things. Stewie is ours. He has chewed through several balls and has now moved onto books. I'm afraid of what will be next.

Happy Halloween

Evie is a lady bug fairy

Stewie is the classic lion.

He loves candy.

Evie had no problem walking up to strangers and saying Trick or Treat.

It's amazing how candy can make a shy child talk.