Thanksgiving Fun!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had a lot to be thankful for this year. We are so very blessed! Over the holiday we enjoyed lots of family fun and just as much eating. MariCagle and Nate love seeing all the family. I only have a few snapshots...I was having too much fun to remember the camera. (So Kim and Kristen, that's a hint that I need you to share some of your pictures from the week.) :)



One of the highlights was time spent with Hudson and Quinn. Here are three of the munchkins enjoying what MariCagle has proclaimed 'Grammy's Art Table.' Whether that was Grammy's intention or not, it is most frequently used for drawing and such.



I'm not sure what the name of this game was, but you can tell they enjoyed it immensely. Who knew that throwing a pillow shaped like a ball would be that much more fun when standing on the couch?

Now this next video clip is one of those that Nate will one day forever wish I had never taken. Pa was so kind as to let Nate and MC watch and borrow his 'Power Ranger' movie. Nate has really taken to the especially cheesy superheroes as you can tell by his demonstration below.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are very much looking forward to Thanksgiving this year! It's amazing how the kids remember and learn and understand so much more about the holidays each year. And I just love Thanksgiving because it's like a sneak peak of Christmas. I post this video and picture to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving from myself, Brandon, Mari Cagle and Nate. If we will see you for the holiday, we can't wait!! And if we won't, please know we will miss you lots.

This video is of one of the songs Nate has learned at school. It is a favorite of his even though you can tell he doesn't quite remember all of the words. But he doesn't let that stop him. (You can check out his new 'do' as well.)

If you're looking for some good recipes for the holidays, check out Mari Cagle's Pumpkin Pie Recipe.

Translation:
First, sugar.
Then you add pumpkin.
Then cherries.
Then stir.
Then cook.
Finished.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Trick or Treat!

Nate and Mari Cagle had a great Halloween. They both had classroom parties and costume parades. We went trick-or-treating at the zoo and then to Pizza Hut for dinner. (MC got to use her first free pizza ticket that she earned for reading 4 books in October.) Nate was especially into the whole Halloween scene - playing ghost, talking of a 'creepy, creepy house' and hearing 'strange noises.' And he's already got his next three Halloween costumes picked out - a ghost, Superman and Batman. I don't think that's carved in stone though. For this year, they were both adorable in their costumes. Hope you all had a great Halloween and we can not wait for the holidays this year. We're so excited to see everyone!!

Brandon carved a ghost pumpkin for them this year. I've provided a picture of the pumpkin I carved back in 2005 for comparison. Needless to say, we can see who gets pumpkin carving duties for all future Halloweens.