Happy Thanksgiving!

Kai's class put on a Thanksgiving program for the parents today.  It was so cute.  They sang, danced and made us pumpkin pie.  I was really glad I was able to be there, not all parents were able to make it.

A pirate among us

Kai has a pirate themed math night tonight at school and the school sent a note home saying the kids should dress as pirates when they came to school today.  Like they couldn't have told us BEFORE all the Halloween stuff was gone.  Being the diligent mother I am (or out of pure neurosis) I tracked a pirate costume down (the last one at party city).  I think he looks really cute.  Never mind it's like 30 degrees outside.  He has several layers on (it's like being out west).

Kai's birthday

We gave Kai the option this year of having a "birthday party" or taking a friend to Ollie Koala's (similar to Chuck E Cheese but a little nicer).  He chose Hunter and his sister Suzie to come and have a sleepover.  It worked out great.  We went on Kai's b.day which was a Monday (so it was not crowded) and the next day was Veteran's Day so they had no school.

The end of a good day

The kids had a wonderful weekend at their grandparents.  They played hard and slept even harder that night.

Kai's b.day celebration with family

Kai turned 6 November 10th so Matt's mom invited us down for a family celebration.  The kids enjoyed the time spent with their cousins, aunt, uncle, grandpa and grandma.  Kaden wasn't sure why he wasn't getting presents (that's the look you see in the first picture).

Fishing

Grandpa and Grandma thought they would be teaching the kids to fish this weekend which naturally requires they sit still and be quiet.  Are you kidding, a 2 and a 6 year old BOY sit still or be quiet?  If there's one out there that does let me know what I am doing wrong.  :)

What counts is the memories the kids will have of "fishing" with their grandparents.

I'll leave it to you to decide if we caught anything.

The boat trip

To say we had a busy weekend is an understatement.  The highlight of the weekend however, was a trip to Grandpa and Grandma McKendricks to celebrate Kai's 6th birthday.  The kids had been looking forward to the trip all week.  One of their favorite things to do is go out on the boat so we "braved" the chilly FL morning and did just that!