Thanksgiving 2011

For Thanksgiving in Houston we always go to Aunt Joy and Uncle Dennis' place for a BIG wonderful Thanksgiving meal. (Aunt Joy is Jeff's Mom's sister) We usually have 30+ people!

This year Jeff and I brought two pies: Apple Pear Crumble and Cherry Pie. However those couldn't compete with the Pumpkin Cheesecake. We lose again! (We also brought yams covered in brown sugar and marshmallows. DELISH) Christine somehow convinced GiGi to feed her pie and discovered that she LOVES pie.

The highlight of Thanksgiving this year was Jeff's brothers and their families drove down to Houston! It was so fun to see them and spend some time together. Christine loved playing with her cousins.

Emmy and Christine (the twin cousins) showed off their piano skills

Emmy taught Christine how to wear a necklace like a purse.

And Mia and Rachel smothered Christine with love!

After Thanksgiving we spent a little time a Gigi's. The older cousins shot bee-bee guns while Christine and I hid in the house. We played card games and Mia and Rachel showed off their magic tricks. Then Jeff and I mystified them all with our TRUE magic skills.

BRB I'm TXTing

Oh hello Mom. Were you looking for your phone?

I was just texting GiGi.

NaNa needs to get texting on her phone.

Just got a message. C U LTR

The Nilla Wafers

Mini Nilla Wafers are a recent discovery and Christine LOVES them. She would eat them all day if I let her, so I have to give them to her sparingly. So if Christine sees a chance to get them she goes for it! The day this photo was taken I was in the kitchen and Christine was playing, then I heard a crash and the Christine started crying. I ran out from the kitchen to find this! The box of cookies must have started off on the edge of the table. From there I assume that Christine was able to knock the box to the chair, but because the chair was pushed in under the table she couldn't get the to box so she tried to pull the box through the bars of the back of the chair, but the box was too big and as Christine tried her best to pull the cookies through, she brought the chair tumbling down!! I laughed so hard when I look at this picture. My smart lil' trouble maker!

Steamroller

This is the steamroller that Jeff mentioned earlier. It's hard to describe, but basically it is where Jeff and Christine roll around on the carpet. Christine loves it and just giggles and giggles when Jeff plays it with her.

Grandma's Trip

Christine loved having Grandma at our house last month

And why wouldn't she? Grandma gives her chocolate chip cookies!

and let's her sit at the table like a big kid

and Christine's favorite, took her on walks every day to see the squirrels.

We did a lot of fun things with Grandma while she was here. We went to the zoo, the art museum, the Quilt Festival, and the Nutcracker Market. We tied off two quilts and worked on crafty projects. And best of all my kitchen was magically clean every day!!!

We love you Grandma!