These are the only pictures I took at Thanksgiving. Sydnie had a little tea party going while we got dinner ready. Every time we walked by, she had some water ready for us - what a great little hostess! I had to share a picture of my chocolate chip pumpkin cheesecake - I was very proud of it! Sydnie helped me make the chocolate leaves for the top. We had a blast!


What do we do when Thanksgiving is over? Decorate for Christmas, of course!

I just thought this was a fun picture of Sydnie being her silly self.


Sydnie decided to 'invent' something, so she got this box and had me cut a hole in it. Then, she attached a long piece of toilet paper inside so she could just pull out a little at a time to write on. Great idea! However, the cats really liked the box as a hideout and the toilet paper, well, that was just a plus.


One morning, as I was fixing lunches, I happened to look out the window. Such a beautiful sunrise! And just out our back door. I grabbed my camera and took some shots. I love where we live!

Since Sydnie doesn't like to carve pumpkins, she paints them. This pumpkin was grown from her grandma's garden.


Here is the gang ready to go trick or treating. What a wild bunch! One of our stops was giving out hotdogs - dinner on the go!


Doesn't she make a cute pumpkin? We didn't have green hair paint, so instead I tried to make her hair look like leafs. If you use your imagination, you can see it.

We decided to have a halloween party this year instead of a birthday party. Sydnie did most of the planning, I just made sure it happened. Here are some pictures:


Scary stories with grandpa!


Some of the kids had a hard time bobbing for apples because of missing too many teeth!


Eating donuts off a string is hard when you can't use your hands!


Bingo was a riot! The kids especially loved the edible markers.

All in all, we had tons of fun, but when it was all over, Mom collapased in the chair. Whew, what a day!