Turkey Day!

Happy Turkey Day 2007! We had a great time staying in Chapel Hill to have turkey, watch football and decorate for the upcoming Christmas holiday. It was beautiful weather, so we even played a little baseball prior to the Cowboys game. Aidan's favorite is Tony Romo! Madeline is really talking! She has shocked us with her early counting skills. She's 18 mos and can count to ten! We think she's had some great coaching from her big brother. She also has quite the spanish vocabulary these days....some favorites include adios, bano, besos, and hasta luego. There are probably others that we haven't caught yet!

Omaha Trip

Aidan, Madeline, Mommy and Nana went to Nebraska to visit Grammy and meet their new cousin, Addyson. We had a great time riding the airplane and having snacks. When we got to Grammy's we saw all of our relatives and played! Aidan rode the indoor ferris wheel again and we also visited the Union Pacific trains by the botanical garden. It was too cold for the zoo, but maybe next year! (Notice the lovely shades of green and purple around Madeline's eye. She had a run-in with Aidan's footboard after Mommy advised both children to stop jumping on the bed!)

Happy Halloween!

Aidan and Madeline had a great Halloween this year. They kicked off the holiday with a celebration at SouthPoint manor with all their neighborhood friends on Tuesday night. We had pizza, sweets and a parade. On Halloween day, Mommy stayed home to play! We woke up and decorated cupcakes for our luncheon at Pozen. Then we trick-or-treated at Carol Woods Retirement community with Aidan's friends from school. We headed to Pozen for the lunchtime party and had fun trying so many different foods and seeing all the fun costumes and other kids.

Aidan and Madeline were both pretty worn out after the big morning and lunchtime events. Naps were extra-long and they slept through the carnival at Aidan's school! Mommy didn't dare wake them....she wanted trick-or-treating to go smoothly that night. So instead we carved pumpkins after napping and then had tacos for dinner. Nana came to surprise us with Halloween treats so she could see us in costume! She kept an eye on the kids while Mommy finished pumpkin carving. Daddy got home just in time for tacos. After dinner, we went as a family to trick-or-treat in the neighborhood. We were joined by Aunt Katie and Aunt Amy! The weather was perfect and we saw many of our neighbors and friends. Aidan rang the doorbells and Madeline was so cute saying "meow" for candy. They both came home with enough candy for all of us to eat until we were sick! What a fun day!

The Old Well

Aidan and Madeline got to spend some time with MawMaw when she came to visit over the weekend. These pictures are from UNC's campus at the Old Well landmark.

Busy Bees!

Aidan and Madeline are busy little bees. Rarely do they stop...unless ofcourse they are sleeping! These are some fun action shots of them playing!

FALL FUN!

We stopped off at Patterson's Mill on the way home from school last week. Aidan and Madeline had fun climbing on the antique wagons and checking out the pumpkins. We purchased a baby pumpkin for Aidan to take to "show and share" at school.

Happy Birthday to Daddy

Happy Birthday to our Daddy! We helped make him a cake and blow out all his candles. We opened his presents for him and read him the Birthday story. He is such a lucky daddy! One of Daddy's best presents was his new job.