Happy Thanksgiving

I am once again very behind on posting. Before I get to actual Thanksgiving, here are some random picture. Teddy LOVES his teddy bear slippers. He wants to wear them ALL the time and he wears them with just about anything:

My mom babysat for Teddy and when I got home, this what I found:

SO sweet!

One morning, as soon as he woke up, Teddy went to his room, took out his Elmo costume, and asked to wear it. So here he is, in November, at breakfast time, all dressed up:

We found an easy and fun activity that is great for cold/rainy days. Home-made play dough:

Of course he immediately asked me to make his friends "Cookie, Elmo, and Grouch."

We were happy to celebrate Grandpa Bud's birthday. There sure were a lot of candles on his cake:

Sixty nine and he just ran his first half marathon. Looking good Grandpa!

Teddy loves celebrations!

OK...now for Thanksgiving. We were excited to host this year at our house. My sister in law wanted to bring the turkey- so that freed us up to make the sides. I made my own version of turkey though:

Mmm turkey cake pops- for the vegetarians at Thanksgiving!

Shae helped out and made several sides and pies:

Thanksgiving morning:

Here is the other turkey I prepared...again vegetarian friendly. (These are the ONLY kinds of turkeys you will ever find me preparing!)

Before we eat, we always go around the room and say what we are thankful for:

Teddy and Violet listened carefully:

Sweet Maggie wrote down a "speech" to read. It was absolutely adorable- she thanked us all for everything we do for her and for taking such good care of her. It was precious.

The kids table:

COUSINS:

Uncle Hal gave juggling lessons to Jack while Teddy watched:

We also had birthday cake for Grandpa Bud (because 5 pies and 45 cakes pops weren't enough)

The poor cake had a rough trip here.

Here is one thing I am thankful for this year:

Maggie and her cake pop:

Teddy and cousin Violet brushed their teeth together:

Shae, Teddy, and I were excited to go to the mountain house for the weekend with my parents. We drove up there Friday morning. Unfortunately, Grandma Judy fell down the stairs and broke some ribs right after we got there. Thankfully she is healing and improving daily.

Grandpa stepped in and cooked the pancakes for us in the morning:

They were yummy! Teddy enjoyed taking a bath in the mountain house:

He loved "driving" at the playground in Blairesville:

This slide was big enough for all three of us:

I think Teddy had a good time at the playground. The drive back to the house was only about 10 minutes but check Teddy out when we got back:

(Notice his hand in the snack cup!)

Teddy also had a great time shooting hoops:

But mostly we all enjoyed lounging around:

and eating:

and did I mention lounging around:

When we got back home, Teddy and I got to go meet a very sweet and brand new baby. I immediately fell in love with my friend Kimberly's little girl- Stella Rose:

We hope everyone had a healthy and happy Thanksgiving!

Fall Fun

Fall is here- it's football season, falling leaves, and colder weather. Why not sit on the potty too?

Fully clothed of course. And with a koozey in hand. Well, maybe it is a start.

Shae introduced Teddy to some of his worms for the first time. He was not too sure about it:

By far this is the cutest picture I have taken in a while:

Apparently Shae really wanted to nap with Teddy, even though Teddy chose to sleep in his bed. Poor Shae, he tried to get Teddy to nap in our bed!

At least Teddy helped rake up the leaves:

So, I admit it- we let Teddy's hair get a little crazy and long.

Here is the "before" picture the day he got his 3rd haircut:

YIKES! What a mess! Here is my handsome man AFTER:

He is such a cheese... he and I were cracking up as I tried to get him to pose for the camera:

Since it is getting colder, I took out Teddy's slippers. They were a gift for his 1st birthday and they really are too small but once he saw them, Teddy insisted on wearing them!

I made him take them off before we went to run some errands, and the entire time we were gone he kept saying, "Where Teddy's slippers?" or maybe it was "Wear Teddy's slippers!" As soon as we got home he marched to his room, brought me the slippers, and said "Mommy put on!" Silly boy has had them on every minute we are home since then. And they are so tight they leave a mark around his ankle! I guess we will be buying him some new slippers.

Lastly, here's a little video of our funny little man:

Happy Birthday Harper

Teddy and his friends wanted to wish his cousin Harper a very happy 2nd birthday!

If you listen closely, you can hear Teddy singing, "Happy to you... cha cha cha!"

Happy Birthday Harper! We love and miss you!

Halloween 2011

Halloween finally came!!!! Here are Cookie Monster, Elmo, and Abby Cadabby:

My two favorite monsters:

Before we could trick-or-treat though, we had a neighborhood party/parade:

Teddy with his buddy Phoebe (last year at this time neither could even walk!):

Grandma and Grandpa came too. Grandma helped Teddy stand in line and play one of the games (popping balloons with darts... hmmmm)

Here is Teddy with his friend Lilly. The first time we went to playgroup at her house, Teddy walked over to Lilly and planted a kiss on her face. You can see why he likes her... she is an absolute doll:

Finally finally time to actually trick-or-treat. Don't be frightened by the picture.... the "witch" is just Lilly's grandma:

After going to a few houses, it was time to head home and hand out candy. Teddy was a great helper. Here is our sad candle in our jack-o-lantern. We didn't realize until that night that we didn't have any candles.... we had to use the "4" candle from Shae's most recent birthday!

The scariest part about Halloween though, was learning that Cookie Monster smokes:
And I thought eating cookies was his only unhealthy habit! Oh wait, those are the candy sticks we gave out.... marketed as "Super Hero Sticks" they clearly are candy cigarettes!

Elmo and Elmo wish everyone a happy Halloween!

Teddy wasn't too hyped up on all of the sugar we let him eat....