Derek and I are avid readers. And now that we have kids we are a family of readers. We just love to sit in the bed and pour over our literature. We go to the library every week and check out a huge stack of books. And then we cuddle in the bed and read every single one of them. Even when they go to bed the kids insist of having books. We give them flash lights and they will read themselves to sleep every night. I just adore it! There is so much wonder and magnificence held in their pages. I am so glad that I have kids that are going to find it!

Our Thanksgiving was pretty classic this year. A large gathering of people with a larger gethering of food. I don't think I took a single picture of it, but in the back yard of the Thansgiving hang out was ahuge trampoline. We spent so much time on it. I love a good jump and I passed that on to my kids. Jude and Alice just ran for it. We had to physically drag them away from it when it was time to eat, and as soon as they were done eating they were back on it. We were having such a good time bouncing together, we were poping Jude and ALice way up into the air. And they just laughed and luaghed and laughed. Happy Trampsgiving!

This was Disney princess Alice's new sighing spot. I came around the corner and she had chosen to mope here. What a silly goose.

Our cute doggy led all the kids on a very merry chase. Dogs are so wonderful. Every kid growing up needs a dog and our Duckets has been such a wonderful addition to our family.

Here is Derek's car. It is a real beaut and we love it a lot. It is not something the kids have gotten much of  a chance to be in, so it is kind of the "cool" thing. Well on this particular day, the kids decided that they wanted to play inside of it. Derek and I were happy to let them play in a contained space where we could keep an eye on them and we just let them go. They were having such a ball. They stayed in there for almost an hour: driving the car, messing with all the levers, and DESTROYING EVERYTHING!! The little poops were like a wrecking ball in the car. They tore off the shifter, ripped off the CD player, ripped out a switch, pulled of some of the fuzzy siding, and dislocated the trunkswitch. Little curly haired terrorists! To be fair though, the car is over 20 years old so maybe things aren't attached as well as they used to be. But still! Look at the pictures! How could they do all that! With the exception of the trunk lever I was able to get everything back in order but needless to say, no more unattened imaginary car trips for Jude and Alice. Sheesh!

 

 

 Jubilee of trees. I have gone to it every year since I was 12. I don't think it feels like Christmas unless I can go to this event. It is a just huge Christmas parade except it stays still and you are the one who marches around. There are trees, ginger bread houses, all sorts of festive displays. I just love it and can't miss it.