november overview

we were so thankful that with all of ben's interview flights (30+? i lost count), there were only a handful that i had to book through dulles, the only DC airport not accessible by mass transportation.  i don't know how we would have managed otherwise!  after one of the last trips, ben suggested that we visit the extension air and space museum, a few miles from dulles:

the girls could control the wing flaps, the rudder, the elevators and a few other aviation terms i can't remember. pretty cool!

new home of the discovery

 a few daily shots:

looking at new guppies and shrimp with friends

we spent a glorious week in st. louis at thanksgiving.  i slept and slept to my heart's content while the girls read, romped, played games, and all the precious, nameless things imaginative girls do with grandma and grandpa.

one of grandpa's signature cheerio box books

beautiful weather

family walks

with my first baby =)

little buddy

making grandma's dressing for thanksgiving diner

 

i think this was thanksgiving day.  we went out to a park with a lake and a trail and fed the fish and searched for acorns and played at the playground:

naturally getting them to nap was a lost cause, so this happened while dinner was cooking:

after dinner with our uncle n

she wanted to bring her violin on the trip, so we did, and she serenaded us with twinkle twinkle

we started a new tradition of keeping our thanksgivings on index cards in a decorated box all throughout the year, so after dinner, we read through the stack.  i highly recommend it.. so fun to celebrate the many little graces that are easily forgotten months later.

i tried to do a christmas card photo shoot, but naturally, c was grumpy as all get out that morning, so i didn't get too many.   luckily, there were enough sweet ones to make the card =)

this one was more than happy to pose

nothing better than sisters =)

much to be thankful for indeed!