Nate and Zach had tickets to the Jazz game, so the other kiddos and I headed down to the tree lighting at our city hall. It was perfect – hot chocolate, cookies, the countdown to turn the lights on, a few carols with the big guy, and then he went back to the North Pole to get ready for Christmas, and we headed home to bed!
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A favorite new tradition this year has been to pile into Dad's truck on Sunday evenings and drive through the neighborhood looking at Christmas lights! Lousy pictures of a super fun thing.
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The ladder was a huge [and dangerous] hit – (this is the face of a kid preparing to launch himself off of it!)
Setting up the upstairs tree all by themselves this year!
And of course you have to lay under the tree to check out the lights…
…must be something you just don't grow out of.
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I did not realize when I offered to take my mom out for a birthday lunch that:
1. My kids got out early that Thursday so all of them would be joining us
2. The place I chose to take her to – while highly recommended – had no eat-in seating.
Gratefully, it was a beautiful day for the end of November, and we ate outside on a nearby church lawn enjoying the warm sun and some of those huge seed pods that I haven't seen in years (and that fascinated my kids.)
It may not have been the nice lunch my mom deserved, but it was a fun, memorable adventure!
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This after-church pic was to document the fact that this year in the primary program, nobody messed around with the kid next to them to the point their mother had to poke her head through the door that opens into the choir seats to tell them to stop, or picked their nose on the stand. Of course they all did a great job with the songs and their parts, but that is nothing new. :) They are just awesome like that.
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He is pretty stinkin' awesome. :) He makes everyone around him smile. Especially those grandkids, who barely give him room to breathe.
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First fire of the season…
And last night with the cast on!
(It is a testament to how much I dislike change that I was nostalgic to see that stinky thing go!!)
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Blurry pictures from my phone of the school parade… since it was either that or miss the parade going back home to get my camera.
Brian McCann from the Atlanta Braves LOVED the parade, and John Stockton (who had a hard time finding shorts short enough to look like John Stockton) and our professional soccer player seemed to enjoy themselves as well. It is always fun to have both grandmas sneak away from their busy lives to come watch the parade!
Then we took a friend's' kids home with us while she helped out at the K party – these girls are the cutest little friends and held hands the whole walk out of the school and across the huge field. Adorable, I tell you!!
After soup and scones at a neighborhood party, Nate dropped Zach off at a friends' house to hide and scare people while I took the other 3 trick or treating. They wore me out! Meg got tired at the end but never let go of her bucket. And Carter took a good fall, making me grateful for our good doctor who suggested leaving his cast on 2 extra days and getting it off the morning after Halloween. :)
We have the cutest neighbor who dresses up as a very realistic witch every year… here they are trying to get brave enough to knock on the door. :)
We picked up Zach on the way home, and he started to wish he had come with us since at this point he had no candy! Emma and Carter went home to eat candy with Nate (who had been manning the house with more trick or treaters than we've ever had!) while Meg and I went with Zach to a few houses so the night wasn't a total loss. :)
And here's the crew. Can you tell that the can of soda was the hit of the evening! I sure love these little goblins!
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Even if your team totally loses. :)
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Meg got to wear her halloween costume to her music class a few days before halloween – and there was just no taking it off for the rest of the day.
The tutu was not conducive to napping, so we headed out to run errands instead…
It did seem appropriate for my first trip to Rita's in 7.5 years, though… yum.
(Finally crashed on the walk to pick up the kids from school. Does it get any cuter than this?)
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