Gingerbread House

Emory has been asking to make a gingerbread house for several weeks now so when we found a kit on sale yesterday I decided to let her give it a whirl!

She had a great time helping me make the icing (she loves to use the hand mixer) and decorating the gingerbread house. Cason had a great time eating the icing and candy!

Decorating the back wall.

She told me she wanted to make it very colorful and that she did!

Emory's first gingerbread house!

Thanksgiving Day

We had Thanksgiving at our house this year due to some last minute change of plans courtesy of Cameron's doctor telling her the Monday before Thanksgiving that he did not want her traveling. (I think Miss Madison is going to make her debut early). So instead of going to mom and dad's they came here. Since it was just us Bradley decided to fry a turkey for the first time which was delicious! We had a nice meal but I forgot to take pictures. Truth be told I did not even get out of my sweatpants or the kids out of their pj's. It was a laid back Thanksgiving but a nice one. We had a great time visiting with Grandma and Pawpaw who headed north to Cameron and Blake's Friday. After mom and dad left we did a little Black Friday shopping which Emory loved. That child loves to shop and to find a good sale!

Since I took zero pictures of Thanksgiving I thought I would share a pretty fall picture from the Azalea Garden.

Thanksgiving

Yesterday we had Thanksgiving with Bradley's side of the family at his parents house. I did not take as many pictures as I planned due to cooking, not feeling all that great, and my camera dying. I did manage to capture a few memories though.

 

We had a full house this year, 19 in all, so before dinner Rachel, Andrew, and I took all the kids outside to play.

Cason Bradley 19 Months

Thanksgiving 2012

Miss Mckenzie

Emory was too busy digging in the dirt and chasing butterflies to stop and get her picture taken. That small figure digging in the dirt behind Mckenzie is the best I could do! We had a nice and yummy dinner with all the fixin's. After dinner it was time for naps, me included. After naps Emory and Cason had a birthday party to attend so we loaded up and headed to Andi Beth's birthday party. The kids had a blast at the party!

 

After the party we headed back to Mimi's and Peepaw's.

Alice, Emory, and Cason decided to all sit on Uncle Andrew.

Emory Grace- 3 1/2

Thanksgiving 2012

Cason and Peepaw did a little reading.

Mckenzie playing with a balloon.

Bradley and Cason went and watched Emory's gymnastic class the other day and ever since Cason has been perfecting his forward roll. He almost has it down. He has practiced and practiced all weekend. I had to include this picture of him. He had his balloon tied to his belt loop, but that did not stop him from rolling!

 

We had a great weekend visiting with family and celebrating Thanksgiving! 

Emory Seuss

Last night Emory came out with one of her hats on and said, "Do you like my hat?" She then added hat after hat each time asking me if I liked her hat. Finally after she had the last hat on she goes, "Mom do you like my hat, do you like my party hat?" 

Emory's party hat!

Random Weekend Pictures

Thought I would share a few pictures from this past weekend.

Emory and Cason dancing

All the dancing wore Cason out!

Emory playing us a tune...

and singing a song!

Cason giving me a big "cheese"

He was using Emory's flowers to pow pow.

Emory got tickled playing with photobooth on the iPad! She thinks it is hilarious. 

Saturday

We had a very low key day yesterday of just playing and working in the house. Cason spent the day in his pj's and boots.

He loves to look out the window and watch the dogs. Right after I took the above picture he put his cup down and did this.

He is so funny!

For dinner last night we had corn on the cob, steak, beans and oranges, which is pretty much the kids favorite foods. They both cleaned their plates!

Emory eating her corn on the cob covered in grease. She had been "working" on the bush hog with her Daddy and Pawpaw before dinner.

Cason loves corn just like his sister and has mastered eating it off the cob.

Look mom no hands!

Then after their baths they watched it rain. I had to take a picture because they were nearly identical in the way they were sitting!

Rub-a-Dub-Dub

Tonight Emory wanted to take a bath with Cason and they had a great time. They were laughing so hard that I had to go and get the camera.

Emory giving Cason an Eskimo kiss!