Teeeeeee!

Well, it's up. The largest, breakable toy in our house. Our Christmas tree. Or, as Michael Dean says, "Teeeeee!"


He's done OK so far with the 2 trees. Donnie put his traditional "Coca-Cola" tree up in the kitchen. The only thing that had to change this year, though, was all the breakable ornaments had to move up. All the plastic, not-so-special ones moved down. Same with our big tree. I didn't even bother with any "baaaaas!" ("ball," for those of you who don't speak MD yet). Too much of a temptation for little hands.

And, here's a few pics of our long Thanksgiving holiday. I was off for 5 days (including the weekend) so I have been soaking up every minute of my sweet little family. Besides the grumpiness that comes along with MD's ear infection, he is the most fun, sweetest little boy to be around. And he's such a good boy, too. He's even taken on sweeping our kitchen floor - only after making a few messes with Mila's food and some paper cups...



Donnie decided to tackle homemade, from-scratch apple pies for Thanksgiving. He made one, "plain" just for me. The other he threw in some raisins, walnuts and caramel. Grandma seemed to like it. The other was pretty tasty too.


Last, but not least, it was time to get rid of MD's first pumpkin. It was his very own special size. I drew a little face on it and it quickly became known as "Paa-paa!" So, we played just a little longer with it - then threw it in the trash. Oh, and something else that MD has picked up on - "say cheese!"