Thanksgiving at Grandma's

First of all, check out my turkey projects!

This year we spent Thanksgiving weekend at Poh-poh's house. Goong-goong was in the hospital recovering from surgery, so it was a quiet Thanksgiving. However, I always love going to their house. It helps that Poh-poh spoils me and I get away with lots of things (like staying up way past my bedtime)!

A TV party! We set this up in the living room every time I go over. Those are all of Mommy's old stuffed animals.

Whenever Uncle Andrew comes over he also spoils me with gifts. This time he brought me a 20-pack of play-doh. I wasted no time opening all the containers and making one giant play-doh ball.

He also built me all kinds of forts. We started out with a simple pillow house.

Which soon got upgraded to a blanket castle.

The next night he built an add-on.

Perfect hideaway for watching iPad videos.

We topped it all off with a visit to Chuck E. Cheese and it was a pretty good weekend!

She Really Is My Daughter

Johanna texted these photos of Kaitlyn painting her Thanksgiving apron at daycare. Look at that precision! Such a perfectionist, just like her Mommy.

Preschool Photos

Behold, this year's preschool photos!

Poor Brady

Poor guy just wants to sleep!

Kaitlyn also insists on reading Brady a bedtime story every night. I love the ear flip at the end.

Home Depot Birthday Party

Braden had his fifth birthday party at Home Depot. That's right, Home Depot! They hold free kids' workshops there every few weeks, but did you know you could schedule a private workshop for a birthday party? Such a cool idea. All the kids and I loved building and painting our own model helicopter, a special project that the staff picked out for us. It was fun using a real hammer too! While I enjoyed the party, Daddy enjoyed 45 minutes of uninterrupted browsing through the store. Too bad there wasn't a birthday party discount.

Mommy was too busy helping me to take pictures of the assembly. But it involved her holding these tiny nails in place while I hammered. Scary.

Showing off my finished product. So proud!

Super-Halloween!

This year for Halloween, I dressed up as Super-Kaitlyn! Between daycare and preschool, I'm always hanging out with boys, so they were likely a big influence on my choice of costume.

I was so excited to wear my costume to preschool. We had a little Halloween party, and then a parade for the parents. 

See how short I am compared to the rest of my class?

Hanging out with Super-Josh.

We also recited "Five Little Pumpkins."

At night we went to the Chiu's for pizza before trick-or-treating. Wylie and his Star Wars family joined us too. Check out their costumes here. Can you believe Auntie Vicki made all those costumes herself? Too bad Mommy isn't that creative. Her witch costume was a last minute purchase from Target, and Daddy's costume came straight out of his closet.

Superheroes were a popular theme this year.

We walked over to the same block as last year for trick or treating. It was so crowded this year, we could barely walk on the sidewalks. One house even gave out Jello shots for adults! There were lots of decorations, and I refused to trick or treat at some of the scarier houses. Thankfully, Wylie was patient enough to hold my hand and help me to the front doors. We ended up with lots of treats by the end of the night, and I went to bed tired and happy. Until next year!

Our pumpkins this year.