THE TREE!!

tonight we went and got our christmas tree.

the kids were so excited! 

we went down the street to a little tree lot in coborns parking lot.

we looked at all the trees and the kids picked one. 

when we went to pay, they only took cash.

we had to walk over to coborn's and get some cash.

as we came out to go and get the tree it was snowing.

big, beautiful flakes. 

it was sort of magical!!

no, i didn't lose all my teeth.  just a not so great photo!

thanksgiving

we had a very relaxing thanksgiving. 

we stayed here in minneapolis and had greg and brett's co worker ian over for dinner.

we have never been people to make the normal turkey, so....

(it's really because i have never made a turkey and those turkey guts scare me!)

brett decided he was craving meatloaf and we should have meatloaf for thanksgiving dinner.

when greg found out he wanted to make a meatloaf too!

so, the meatloaf cook off began.

both meatloafs tasted amazing!!

  i think it might be a tradition to have a cook off of something other than turkey

for thanksgiving.

the rest of the day was full of playing and football.

just what thanksgiving should be.

enough snow to play in!!

it finally really snowed today!!

the kids got all bundled up and went outside right away!

snow angels, a snowball fight and shoveling. 

livy forgot she didn't have snowpants on. 

awesome.

kale's hair cut

it no secret that my man is starting to really lack in the hair area.

good thing i think "shaved heads" are super sexy!!

so, brett LOVES to cut and style kale's hair. 

here is the new faux hawk.

kale still thinks "smile for the camera"

means pose like a fighter guy. 

pumpkin patch part 1

we took the kids to a pumpkin patch and maze today.  we had a great time.

they had a petting zoo with all sorts of animals.

we feed and brushed the animals.

next, it was on to the maze.  we tried to lose the kids, but they keep following us!

then, the best part of all was the pit of corn.

we played in it for about an hour.  we had to rip the kids out of there!

welcome fall!

we went out to play in the leaves today.  the kids had a blast.

all 3 kids did NOT want to have the leaves touch them. 

that's why the kids look so funny in the laying down picture.

it was really funny!

in the end kale came after all of us with leaves. 

happy autumn!

 

tooth

olivia lost another tooth today. 

not really that big of news since she has lost so many!

but, how she got this one out is AWESOME!!

this tooth had just be hanging out, literally, for quite awhile and i am a wimp with teeth.

there was no way i was going to pull that thing out!

so, i did the adult thing.  tied floss around the tooth and let mallory slam the door.

(while i plugged my ears, closed my eyes and sang to myself!  yes, really!!)

we should have seen mallory's face!  she was so excited to slam the door and get the tooth out!

the tooth came flying out and it took several minutes for us to find it!

i think this tooth experience will be one of our best ever!

MORE SNOW!

these kids love snow. 

it was snowing so lightly you can't even see the flakes,

but these kids were SUPER excited!

they are dying for enough to snow actual go out and play!

maybe sometime this year we will get some to stick on the ground.

not that i'm complaining!

my little helper

I was changing some lightbulbs and needed the ladder.

kale was so excited!

he helped hold the ladder for me and was fearless going all the way to the top.

super man...

kale being kale.

he had his super man costume on today and

so he was being super man-ish!