Christmas at the Zoo

We went to Christmas at the zoo for the first time.  We had so much fun.  We were extra lucky because the weather was great and Jack and his family were able to come with us!

They are so happy when they are together!

We loved seeing all the Christmas lights.

Best buddies!

These pictures don't do justice for what was really happening here.  There was a high school choir singing Christmas songs and there was a large crowd standing around watching.  These two made their way to the front to get a better view.  At first they were standing with their arms around each other.  We thought it couldn't get any sweeter and then they started dancing together.  No one could believe it!

The many faces of Claire...

On the way out we got to decorate a cookie.

 

And see Mrs. Claus. (which was very popular with this crowd)

The cookies were very yummy!

Thanksgiving

We had a very busy Thanksgiving day!  We got to see a lot of our family so it was worth it!

Ready for our big day!

Turkey craft for the road...

We started at Grandma and Grandpa Bloede's house.

As you can see there was no shortage of attention.

Next we headed to Kentucky to Jackie and Alan's house to see the Emmerson clan.  Thankfully we slept the whole way so we were ready to play with our cousins when we got there. 

Claire was so excited to see her cousins.

Emma is only five weeks younger than her. 

Pop pop is a favorite for many reasons but this cake pop didn't hurt his case.

The kids had a dance party.

They worked hard!

When it was the adults turn Braxton worked hard to get Claire off the dance floor.

The girls went out to lunch the next day and we found this cow.

Then we went back to Jackie's house and made Christmas ornaments.

Then we played in the basement for hours.  It was the perfect place of all of us!

The girls had so much fun with their cousins. 

Baylee is the best!  She is the big cousin that takes care of everyone!  Claire worked her way onto her lap as much as possible. 

Turkey Cafts

Thanksgiving time meant time for "turkey crafts" at our house.  Due to a little confusion on Emmerson's part there were more crafts than planned...one day I said, "I can only handle one turkey craft a day!"  From that day forward Emme wanted to know what the turkey craft of the day was!  Here are a few.

Emmerson's cookies....

Claire's cookies....

            I am not sure anyone likes crafts as much as these two do.  Anna will join us for any craft we offer!

Three happy crafters!

Cinderella

We went to see Cinderella with Anna.   She was so excited to go.  She even took her Cinderella barbie. 

Poor Claire wanted in the picture so bad and was so sad when we left without her!

The play might have been a bit over the girls heads but they still really liked it.  

They were so cute.  They shared a chair most of the show. 

We went out to lunch after the show and the girls thought it was so fun to sit at their own table and play restaurant.