Thankful

I think Elaine and I both have Preschool at the top of our lists of things to be thankful for. She loves to go and I love that she goes. Win Win! It has been interesting in the last few months to listen to her little conversations and questions she suddenly asks. Because it is a religious school she has her eyes opened to a whole new form of worship than she is used to. She is still a little perplexed by why they talk about God and not Heavenly Father and will show the different ways you hold your hands to pray at school or at church. It is good for her.

For Thanksgiving they had a "feast" of chicken nuggets and applesauce. They made their own placemats and centerpieces for decorations. On Elaine's placemat she had leaves saying what she is thankful for. Her items were Aunt Becky, Grandpa and Mom. (This was the week that Becky came to stay for a couple days. She picked the right week so that she could make the cut!)

This is a picture of her class and the hats they made depicting the Mayflower.

Elaine was lucky enough to have the Share bag that day. She was supposed to take 3 things she wanted to share with the class. She had it stuffed with probably 12 little knick knack things. Directions are not her strong suit.

They also gave us a paper on which they asked "How do you make a turkey".  Here is Elaine's response:

1: Buy it at the market
2: Put it in a pot.
3: Put syrup on top
4: Mommy puts circle things inside.
5: Cook it for a few seconds
6: Eat it!

We all know what kind of cook I am so this could be accurate.

Wanna Be Cowboys

This weekend we got to ride horses. By "we rode" I mean Rob and Elaine were in heaven while Charlotte could not get off fast enough and I am not about to get on to begin with. If you ask Elaine about it she will clarify that she got to ride a pony and a horse. It was fun to see how much Elaine loved it and of course many of us know that Rob wishes he was a cowboy so he did not want to climb down off his horse.

Charlotte made her own fun as usual.

Peas in a Pod

There have been many days in the last two years that have started and finished with me wondering "what was I thinking". These girls give me a run for my money but are mostly darling and more importanly best friends. The play and laugh all day long with a little bit of fighting mixed in. Elaine told me today that she "loves to take care of her baby sisiter because that is her job." That makes the lack of sleep and messy house worth it in my book.

2 is Too Cute

It was a great day with lots of Dora, presents and of course cake. Leading up to the big day is we even mentioned the word birthday Charlotte would yell D-d-d(Dora) and pretend to blow out the candles. She saw the picture of Elaine's Dora cake for her third birthday. Since then Charlotte has let it be known that seh would also be celebrating with a Dora cake. She is a girls who knows what she wants. They both loved the cake and thought it was so funny to put as much as possible in their mouths. We just love our girls!