Quick Successions: New Mexico Edition

This year marked our second Thanksgiving in Kansas. We will start our third year here in January. I got up early and watched the parade from the comfort of my bedroom. My favorite balloon was the Hello Kitty flying the plane. I could swear they had something similar last year.  When we were all up, Hannah and I made some little foam turkeys.  I asked her what she, Brian and I were thankful for and she told me what to write. I daresay she nailed it.   Mine: Brian's: Hannah's:  I gave her the leftover pieces and told her she could make whatever she wanted. Here is her creation. I think it is very modern.  For dinner I made an 18 pound turkey. (We enjoy leftover turkey tremendously.) Only about a pound of turkey is shown here on our platter. I also made rolls, vegetables, mashed potatoes, gravy, and a pumpkin pie.  Hannah took a nap late and so she slept through the Thanksgiving meal. When she woke up she ate. Brian w...

On Mondays Brian has a class so I get to hang out with Hannah for a bit. We stay pretty close to campus usually. Even though it was cold, she wanted to go get some ice cream, so we did. When we got done, I cleaned up to leave and she protested. "Mommy, we have to sit here and talk about my life, " she said.  So I asked her about her life and she told me about some trouble she was having with a toy shopping cart. The wheel came off, but she had a plan to fix it. I think it is so funny that she wants to "sit and talk about her life." She does have an interesting life.  Here's where we went grocery shopping. I unloaded the sacks into the garage and then told her if she wanted to help me carry them, she could. Here are all the sacks she carried. At the same time even. What a good helper.

So the primary children's program at church is always the last Sunday of the month and so the practice for it is always the last Saturday. This makes having a party for Hannah a challenge while we live here and while people at church are the only ones I know with kids her age. So I thought I would try something different this year and throw the party the week after her birthday. I invited 6 kids and 4 came, so that worked out well. The problem was the Hannah had Trunk or Treat and her birthday last week end and then Halloween and her party this weekend and she was very wound up. I don't know that I would do this again. My new plan is to retire from parties for a while and see if I want to take it up again later. But here are some of the photos.