Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Thanksgiving Fun

Our Thanksgiving started on 11/21 with the Stevens Family Thanksgiving. We had a huge crowd this year: 26 including Alanna who didn't get in this picture for some silly reason!

Elise was not in a picture taking mood that day, and though we tried several times, we didn't get any good pictures of the Link Stevens family... sigh... maybe next year? :)

Our next Thanksgiving was on Thanksgiving day at the Fire Station with Daddy. Though Mommy forgot to take the camera, it was still fun, with plenty of little girls running around for Elise to play with. She was very excited to check out the big truck, too!
Our next Thanksgiving was 11/26 at MawMaw and PawPaw's. Elise had a great time running around and playing with everyone. She even sat still long enough to take a smiling picture with Aunt Amanda, even if she wouldn't look at the camera!

That night, Link had his first slumber party at our house. Elise was very helpful with him, and was asking constant questions about what he was doing. She held his hand for this picture before he went home on Saturday.
The final big piece of news for the end of November is this: Miss Elise is in her big girl bed! Daddy set it up last night and she was super-excited to get in it! She helped him "fix things" with his tools and then jumped in her bed for a little while after it was ready. She slept all night in her bed, and didn't even get out when she woke up this morning, only saying "DADDY" and sitting there waiting patiently for him to come get her!
Our sweet baby girl is a toddler now: all ready for her SECOND birthday on December 5th!

Monday, November 1, 2010

Happy Halloween!

Halloween came a bit early for Elise this year: she got to carve her first pumpking with Poppy a few weeks ago. She was really proud of it and loved showing it off! She carved a bigger one with Daddy last Sunday, and then ANOTHER one with Logan on Friday!
We went trick-or-treating with Baby Link, who was a beaver. Thanks to Jessica Arthur for handing down costumes for BOTH our kiddos :)

Elise was Nemo this year and though she was a little afraid to put it on, she did eventually and had a good time running around in it! It was awfully warm for it, though--go figure that when I have her all bundled up in a heavy costume it would be 70 degrees out!
After we trick-or-treated Nan and Poppy, we handed out candy at our house. MawMaw, PawPaw, and Aunt Lori joined us for the fun. Here, Easton and Taelyn trick-or-treated with us and posed for a pic with everyone. Getting these kids to sit still and be happy for a pic is a little difficult, but this one wasn't too bad.

Happy Halloween!