Henry's Feast

Henry had a great "feast" at school this year. The made adorable hats, placemats and necklaces. Henry's placemat said he was thankful for "markers, mom and dad, flowers, cookies and dogs." Love it. They feasted on popcorn, corn muffins and turkey. Colin and I prayed that Henry wouldn't freak out when they offered our basically vegetarian son turkey...he didn't...thank goodness!

Abigail's Thanksgiving Feast

Abigail's school has something so cool that they call "families." Every teacher in the school has a group of kids in their family, 2 kids from each grade K-7. Abigail just so happens to have her Grandma as her family teacher. The kids meet with the family each month and do fun team building exercises. The older kids mentor the younger kids...it's really an awesome thing! Every year the entire school (hundreds of kids!) eat a Thanksgiving dinner together. It's so neat...the halls are lined with tables and the kids eat with their families...turkey, mashed potatoes, pie...all the fixings! Here's how Abigail's table looked.Here she is excited to be feasting with her family and checking out the Thanksgiving card at her place (along with a few other goodies for the kids!). You can see her table is filled, so is the cafeteria behind her...and all the halls...such a cool thing!

Here's Abigail with her "buddy," her sixth grade mentor. She loves her!

Happy 90th Birthday, Great-Grandma!

Colin's Grandma turned 90 on November 22! We had a fun weekend celebrating Grandma and what she means to each of us. Here she is with the youngest granddaughter, Martha, and then the great grandkids, Abigail, Johanna, Bebe, Sylvie, Henry, Miles and Marcel.

Abigail's Thanksgiving Program

Abigail had an adorable Thanksgiving Program at school this year. She and her friend Annika started the program by bringing in this sign. Annika's mom was my Spanish teacher in high school and now our girls are good friends! :)They recited a cute little poem about the first Thanksgiving, all dressed in their pilgrim gear. They drew pictures of the first Thanksgiving in groups of 2 or 3. Here she is with Theo reading and showing their poster.

Her teacher had each student draw and write what they are thankful for and then she put them in a slideshow for the parents to watch. Abigail's was so adorable. I love seeing her writing!

Abigail was also interviewed by the newspaper who was there that day. You can see her comment here. :)

Happy Birthday, Joshua!

I've been a TERRIBLE blogger lately! Time to catch up! On November 11 Joshua celebrated his first birthday! He had a farm themed party complete with a pig cake. He loved eating the cake and had fun with his presents. I can't believe he's one already! I also can't believe he'll be a big brother already in May!