Bink and Novemeber is over!

WOW! November is over!
I blinked it was gone. Never a dull moment in this house. Below are some of the highlights of the month:

Annabel got her first haircut.

How cute is she? She was so excited to get her hair cut. She always watches Daddy give William a haircut and has patiently waited for her turn. We made a BIG deal out of it- she thinks it was worth the wait.

How could you not sit still when you get to sit in a pink Barbi car AND watch Dora on the TV right in front of you. :)All trimmed up AND a purple Dragonfly clip= One happy girl

Coleson

Coleson is growing like a weed. He now takes a bath in tub... a blow up tub.

sits in a high chair
and started eating solids
Does he like it??
Not so much.
He has warmed up to eating solids and thus far he LOVES sweet potatoes

William

William's class at their Thanksgiving party

feasting away

The other day I could not find William when it was lunch time.
I looked all around and found him here.
He said "Mommy, it is such a beautiful day I was just enjoying the cool breeze. We don't get many days like this here."

THANKSGIVING
One of the many turkeys of the day-
our appetizer

Enjoying the view of turkey carving

Big kids decorated the table while we pulled everything out and carved the turkey.

toasting- she thinks it is "wine" aka sparkling apple cider

feasting on sweet potatoes

Turning on the Holiday Cheer

Picking out our tree

Saturday night we headed out to Marble Falls and enjoyed dinner out before we saw...

these amazing lights in Marble Falls.

It was a bit cold and windy which is not what we are use to. So we stopped at Starbucks for hot apple cider to keep us warm. We laughed that all we had were long sleeves, sweaters and scarfs. I thought we would be plenty warm. NOPE
How quickly we have adjusted to Texas weather.

huddle up

guess who is the cold one?

they were so sweet together-holding hands

May this season be a time filled with lots of joy, fun and remembering WHY we celebrate!

$1 Movies

Today we took advantage of $1 movies.

This was the kids first experience at a theater.

I thought for a dollar a ticket what do I have to loose?

Well, 6 bucks for popcorn for starters! LOL

William sat on the edge of his seat totally into the movie.

Annabel was into as long as the popcorn lasted. LOL

Then it was 3 trips to the potty, one spilled drink and hearing "Mommy, too loud."

I guess she will be waiting until she is older to see another one.

Coleson was so well behaved- he slept the entire time.

Before leaving, we did a little math lesson.

William is learning about coins and that things cost money.
I gave him a pile of coins and he had to find and count out 12 quarters.

Once we arrived I had him purchase our tickets.

What a big boy!

We saw:

Pirates

Thrilled to have popcorn

We met our friends Luke, Pierce and Miss Kerri
Thanks for a FUN morning Morgan family!

A local swimming hole

This weekend we took a trip to the:

We wanted a break from the heat and some family fun.

We all swam, splashed and got a little sun kissed.

We found a great swimming hole that was no deeper than Annabel's chin.

The kids could freely walk around, splash and quickly made friends with others while enjoying the beautiful day.

The kids were so eager to get in the water.
We had to drag the kids out of the water.
The water was so warm-
Not at all what we thought or are use to.
No snow melt here to make it cold.
But is was still refrshing.
Annabel was a little timid at first
so she just filled her bucket with water and rocks.

then we could not get her out of the water.

And Coleson hung out in the stroller in the shade and slept away.

It was a fun day for all. Can't believe how close it is and we will be going back soon.

Peach Picking OH Boy!

It's peach picking season! We had been wanting to do this for the last several weekends but could not get ourselves out of bed early enough to venture the 1 hour drive and beat the crowds. With the heat that we have been having the peaches have been plentiful and the growers wanted them picked so they opened on this particular Sunday. We took advantage. On Sunday we headed to Fredericksburg to pick us some peaches. The kids were so excited. Before you can pick your peaches you are given a lesson:
size does not matter
forget "red" in color= just means the sun hit it more
pick yellow/orange
twist the peach off the branch

William and his box for picking
Annabel all set

Picking- the trees were just the right size for William to reach
twisting the peach off the branch

This one looks great

Annabel gobbled them up
This one is just right

Daddy helping her twist the peach off the branch (do not pull)
This HUGE bug hanging out

What a peach

Mommy and her peach

Reach HIGH

We did it! 2 huge boxes of peaches picked

Now lets eat

Picked our peaches while Coleson slept in the stroller in the shade. We came home with 28 pounds of peaches! We made: peach ice-cream, peach pie, smoothies, shared them with friends, and ate them! They were DELICIOUS!

Happy Father's Day

Happy FATHER'S Day!
To the best Daddy my kids could ask for!

The kids were thrilled to help Daddy open his gifts complete with homemade wrapping paper.

William made a darling footprint out of sand with a poem

The evening concluded with s'mores with our special chocolate bars

Nothing like backyard s'mores on the BBQ

Then a little sprinkler fun to burn off some energy

How high

So high
We ALL ran through the sprinklers in our clothes!
Hope you felt well celebrated and loved!