where did the month go?!

i know i skip a few days here and there but an entire MONTH has gone by!!!! thanksgiving time was busy but also so much fun!!! here are some pictures leading up to thanksgiving! 

we made a turkey banner! 

painting with water! 

playing at safina's 

braid crown

gymastics! 

mommy's birthday lunch at friendly's

one of malloy's dr. trips. yes, rex wore his batman mask to the dr. and then to wegmans. no big deal! 

 dress up fun! 

making window clings!

learning to braid!

malloy's new favorite thing to play is beauty salon

writing our wish list to santa

movie night! (this particular night we watched the nightmare before christmas - it RUINED rex! he cannot go in a room alone and shuts doors to rooms if it's dark. he now needs an escort to the bathroom  and a nightlight in his room for bedtime. he is petrified of monsters and the boogeyman!) 

 we spent a fun week with grandma tappy and grandpa gary! when we got there, the kids were surprised to find BUNK BEDS in their "new room!" the first night, they were up until midnight - neal went in and found rex on the ladder, transporting things up to malloy's bunk.

helping make pies! 

malloy kept busy sorting nuts and playing "nut store" while i baked pies1 

starting thanksgiving out with some cider mill donuts! 

rex explaining to roro about all of his superheros

the kids participated in the krupnik cheers (they had birch beer in their glasses) 

braiding bella's hair

tada! 

 straight hair! 

rex was drawing this picture (it's sideways) and of course added the penis (the little green circle with a line coming out of it). he was describing it to us, got to the penis part and said, 'his butt's on the other side' , turned the paper over and drew a butt. 

the butt on the other side :)

grandma val has an elf! her name is jingles and she's joey's cousin! 

decorating grandma's tree

getting ready to make a gingerbread house! 

reading with grandma tappy

celebrating grandpa don's birthday! 

his face after he blew out grandpa's candle

rudolph

my helper dusting the stairs! she LOVES to help clean! 

trying on her christmas dress - and then left it on for the rest of the day! 

 i tried to take photos of the kids for a cute christmas card. it was a struggle!!!! ended up with two sticky whiny kids covered in candy cane goo! bleck!

hard at work

 grinch cookies - yum! 

time to put up our tree! 

movie night after decorating the tree. (the decorating must have been too much for daddy!) 

 the kids got some packages in the mail today. they were from grandma tappy!!! it was very exciting! 

 thank you, grandma! 

elf hats! 

the kids were playing nicely and quietly - this is what i found!