Deer Hunting Week & Thanksgiving

We've had a fun, busy couple of weeks with deer hunting & Thanksgiving festivities. We've spent the last 2 weekends at Ben's parents house so the guys could get up early to go hunting and us girls could entertain eachother. Last weekend was warmer, so we played at the park near their house.

The girls played on Papa's chairs after meeting Sunday :)

Here are my daycare kids and my own of course. I never have gotten a picture of them all together until this one. Plus, Taylor & Kade hugging.. they are best friends and act like brother & sister so can be enemies too :P

These girls love their books

We went to Auburndale for Thanksgiving with the Topinka family this year and it was nice to see everybody. Hailey is coloring with her Uncle Jerry here.. or maybe Jerry is coloring by himself :)

Hailey trying to trace around her hand like the big kids.

Here are some of the kids that were there. Taylor, Karena, Kylie, Megan, Madi & Hailey.. just missing Natalia & Logan in this one. They were just sitting here waiting to play a game so I snapped one quick.

Mar arranged a few games and the kids were entertained for awhile

The big kids pulling the little kids around

Scrapbooking for great Grandma & Grandpa

Hailey helping Grandma put up snowflakes decals on her windows

Not sure why this was so entertaining, but Hailey kept taking the seat out of the little rocking chair and playing in it!



Taylor playing her new princess fishing game that I got on black Friday doing the little shopping I did.

another Grandma-invented game of jumping over the ball onto the pillows :)

I baked these cookies when we got home and there seems to be something missing from some of them!

Caught red-handed! (or brown :P)

**In other news, Hailey went #2 on the toilet this morning! First time! Can't believe it, she told me "pew-pew" so I just asked her if she wanted to go on there and she said "yes" and went! She's only 18 months so wondering if this is just a fluke. We shall see!