Happy Thanksgiving!!

The williams family had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! We started the day with a feast at the Wells house at 1pm.

The kids enjoyed playing together, wrestling, hiding out with Grandma, dressing up, and eating pumpkin pie.

We managed to get this miracle shot before leaving. (Anything with all six kids in the same frame and looking at the camera constitutes a miracle. Plus 5 out of 6 are smiling!)

Next, we headed over to Grandpa Mark's house for some more feasting, wrestling, and card playing.

Look, even Mom got to play this time!

Finally we threw on some PJs and headed home for some much needed rest.

It was a wonderful day spent with family. Family is the single most thing for which I am thankful. I hope to spend the next month slowing down the pace a bit and relishing every single moment of the holidays with my kids. Here's to making priceless memories. Here's to making magic!

Preschool Thanksgiving Feast

Charlie had a Thanksgiving Feast at preschool today.

His teachers did a great job decorating the tables, and making sure the kids were decked out in homemade turkey hats, and Native American clothing. Ms. Leslie even dressed up!

Charlie had a delicious feast while Morgan munched on Cheerios.

Then we headed back to the classroom to collect their bags, but not before taking one more picture of his class.

Taylor's Saint Project

On All Saint's Day, Taylor's kindergarten class participated in a saints project. They had to pick a Saint (Taylor picked Saint Mary since her middle name is Mary), come up with a simple costume to represent that saint, and find out a few facts about them. Then they presented these facts in front of all the kindergartens from her school (50 kids!) and many of their parents who came to watch.

Taylor's class looked so precious dressed up.

Taylor has some sweet friends at school.

Taylor volunteered to go first! I was so proud of her. She was not nervous at all (I don't think I could have done that at 6 years old). Here's the video (It's hard to hear but she's saying "I am Saint Mary. Saint Mary was born on September 8th. The angel, Gabriel, said to Mary that God has chosen her to be Jesus' Mother. Mary answered yes to God's plan."):

After presenting, the kids sat on the sides of the stage.

Morgan just couldn't resist going to her sister and sitting with her!

Happy Halloween

The kids had a wonderful halloween last night. It started with dinner at the Wells house. Then it was time for the much anticipated Trick-or-Treating.

The girls had planned their costumes with grandma weeks ago and went around the neighborhood with her. (They even braved on of the neighbors haunted garage.) The boys went with Uncle chad.

The little girls stayed with their mommies while they sat at the end of the street passing out candy.

Morgan entertained herself with Aunt Jessica's candy bag for more than an hour.

The boys came back first, but only minutes before the girls.

Then they went inside and checked out their loot!

Today Charlie informed me that there were only two more days until he got to go trick-or-treating again. Wishful thinking...

Schappacher Farm 2011

The Williams family paid their annual visit to Schappacher Farm today.

First we checked out all the crazy pumpkins and gourds.

Mark thought this one made a good hat.

Then the kids rode Timmy and Train while Daddy and Morgan watched.

Next it was off to the corn maze. (Taylor's favorite) Charlie was our fearless leader and made it through with only two wrong turns. My favorite part was when Taylor read the sign "Do Not Pick the Corn" with expert ease.

Finally it was time for the wagon ride to the pumpkin patch.

The kids had fun checking out all the big pumpkins. We decided on one that we thought would make a good jack-o-lantern (our project for tomorrow).

We are now officially ready for Halloween.

Fall Fun

Today was such a beautiful day. A perfect day for Charlie's field trip to Niederman Farm!

The first thing he got to do was jump on a big bouncy floor. Needless to say, he loved it.

Then he saw some animals including ducks, cows, pigs, turkeys, and chickens.

After a quick picture with some classmates it was time for the hayride to the pumpkin patch.

Decisions, decisions...

We finally settled on a big pumpkin for Charlie,

and a little one for mommy.

Next it was snack time and then off to the farm's playground.

Before we went home mommy remembered their corn maze, so we headed over for an adventure.

Later the same day, mommy took the kids outside to play in the leaves.

Morgan wasn't too sure at first, but then she liked it.

Taylor and Charlie liked jumping in the leaves and being buried in them.

Mommy had her work cut out for her when the children tracked bits of leaves throughout the house and all three needed baths. Oh well, it was worth it!