Dawson: Heard Around the House

Recently I took Dawson shopping at a party store.  We found John Deere plates, cups and decorations for his birthday.  This was obviously in seventh heaven so he told me:

Mom!  You didn't disappoint me today!

Welp, I guess I'm just a disappointing mother.  Love you silly little guy!

Thanksgiving Fun!

 Five Cousins, Growing so Big!

Don't you love Ava's pink cowboy hat?  She picked it up at Tractor supply (because Dawson's birthday, of course!) and has been wearing it nonstop.

Funny, but I think I like the silly picture the best.

We also visited a nearby entertainment center.  It was so FUN! and BIG!  Mike clearly enjoyed himself on the bounce houses!

This was the biggest bounce house I've ever seen!  It was 36 feet high and thankfully Mike took the kids on it for the first ride.  Ava got scared at the top and Mike had to give her a little "encouragement."

Wow!  This kid had a ball bouncing!

Here is Ava and Carter on the wrecking ball.  Ava was really good at this, she rarely fell!

The kids also enjoyed laser tag for the first time and arcade games.  Sara was the sweetest and took Dawson in the laser tag arena.  He had a ball with her!  Carter and Ava went in with Daddy and apparently they really got into it.  I was nervous they would be scared because it was so dark.  (Neither kids will go upstairs if it is dark!)  But they did great!

A close up of Ava in her pink cowboy hat, how cute!

I love Thanksgiving!  It's so nice to spend time with the ones we love and we are so blessed to have a wonderful extended family!  And of course it wouldn't be thanksgiving without......raw sewage in the basement, Myla eating two dozen freshly baked pumpkin cookies, ongoing construction, stepping over power tools to sit down at the lunch table, enough mashed potatoes for everyone to have a tablespoon, gallons of gravy and cranberries and fun with our cousins.  Love you all! 

Dawson's Thanksgiving Feast

Happy Thanksgiving from my little Pilgrim!

At Dawson's preschool the three year old class dresses up as pilgrims and the four year old class dresses up like Native Americans.  It is so cute to watch!  They sing a bunch of turkey/Thanksgiving songs.  Dawson was so serious and straight faced during the performance.  I told Mike that the three words that describe him on stage were:  sad, morose, depressed.  He was clearly channeling the hard winter pilgrims, not the Happy Thanksgiving! pilgrims.

But once the performance was over he had a grin on his face while we enjoyed the nuggets, smiley face potatoes, corn  and muffins.

I'm so thankful for this sweet little guy!

Our Weekend and Ava's Best Day Ever!

Our Weekend in Pictures:

Christmas decorations are up!  And Dawson is putting the laser pointer up his nose so he looks like Rudolph!

Carter has made it clear that no John Deere stuff is allowed in his room.

Turkey hats and christmas jammies

We spent most of the afternoon outside today.  Carter was zipping around the pond.  It's hard to tell but he has mud splatters from his shoes to his chin!

All the kids decided to sell ice for a living.  They were using rakes, brooms, shovels and rakes to break the ice in pieces and carry it around.  Luckily it was almost 60 degrees because everyone ended up soaking wet.

As we were leaving Ava told me "This is my best day ever."  Good, I'm glad that I could make your day!  

Then it was home to warm showers and hot cocoa.

Pictures of Abbie

I love taking pictures of tiny little newborns and I was so fortunate to be able to take some pictures of our newest cousin!

Funny story:  this picture was so hard to get.  She did not like the rings on her toes at all!  As soon as I put them on her toes she would kick them off almost immediately!

A sweet little smile!

What an adorable little girl, and we are so excited for her arrival!

Cousins and more from this past weekend!

Awww!  All five together for the first time!

What a sweet picture of Bo and Andrew

What's that, you want more pictures of Ava and Abigail?  Ok!!

Dawson was spoiled with birthday presents, a John Deere remote control tractor, John Deere overalls and a shirt, a John Deere flashlight, and a John Deere hat.  Thank you so much Bo and Grandma, Uncle Jason and Aunt Tiffany!  He has been wearing this little overall set almost nonstop!

Daddy sledding with Dockie!

Snow Fun!

We got to play in our first snow of the season at Grandma and Bo's house!  At the time there was no snow at our house, so it was exciting to drive there and see a little accumulation!

Having Fun with Slinky

Dawson's snow angels were rather.....violent

Ava ate snow and icicles non stop.  We asked her to go on a little walk, and she had to bring a "snack" or snowball with her.

It was so fun to play with cousin Andrew!

 

Nope, it's not a UFO, it's the snowball that Carter threw at me.  I love this picture!

Carter really impressed me with his snowboarding skills.

Sledding!

Happy Smiles!

I tried, and this is a lot harder than it looks!

Dawson's preferred luge method.  He also told us "I'm not scared of the fun, Mom."  Spoken like a true adrenaline junkie.

Grandma and Andrew took a turn sledding together!  Look at that smile!

There were four in the sled......

I wish Andrew had a smile like he did in the first one!  Oh well, what more can you ask for than four kids looking at the camera?