Our cute Turkey

Our cute little Turkey {Caroline} and her master I-pad skills came across this recipe from Rice Krispie Treats. We set out to make these adorable Turkey Pop Treats, and they turned out pretty cute. Looking at them makes me smile. We have a flock in our kitchen right now. They might not be as perfect as Kellogg's, but for a three-year-old C did a great job. She's ready to take them all to school now for her friends, but hopefully the little turkey's will stand up strong for the trip to school tomorrow.  They simply make you smile! Happy Thanksgiving!

Picture Time

It was time for the annual Christmas Card picture and we headed out to the farm for one of Tallahassee's picture perfect afternoon's and sunsets that you find in the fall. One the way we found out our photographer, Kay Meyer, got stuck in traffic so we quickly called up our neighbors, the Wright Family, to see if we could swing in their Christmas Tree farm. You would have thought we dropped the kids off at Walt Disney World with all the laughing, peak-a-booing and running around they were doing. Needless to say, it was a great 10 minutes and fortunately we had our camera and were able to snap a few impromptu photos before heading back next-door to Sunray Road Farm. I cant wait to see the real photographers pictures! The lighting was perfect.

He loves the outdoors

Our little baby is turning into a little boy right in front of our eyes.  Hard to imagine that he's almost 20 months old. He really is the sweetest thing ever. Being a true Caire at heart, he cant get enough of being outside, and fortunately the weather has been perfect. You truly can see how different boys are from girls when you watch him playing compared to Caroline.  Today, I decided the sound of the crisp leaves crunching underfoot might be one of the nicest fall sounds out there.  

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas. It all started with a free non-work day {Veterans Day} , gingersnap cookies and a little creativity at C's godmother's house. We cut, painted and measured, and one giant mess later, have the cutest Candy Cane door hanger. We got so motivated that we went out on Saturday and made 6 more so we can give one to all of C and T's teachers this year for the holidays. Our little arts and crafts guru {C} was in hog heaven painting away. I have no doubt she is going to grow up to be one creative young lady.

A Little Late, but worth the wait

We enjoyed a great weekend with NOTHING planned, well hardly anything. Which is amazing becuase I cant even remember the last time this happened. Needless to say, we had a lot of family time, but I also started uploading and going through pictures. The first major milestone that we got through in pictures was Tucker's 1st Birthday. He's such a sweeties and here are 10 things we love about him. You can see pictures here.

1) Such a sweet boy

2) The perfect cuddler

3) He loves giving kisses

4) Anything outdoors is his favorite

5) How his eyes light up when he looks at you and when you walk in the door

6) His broken tooth smile, which is because he's so full of adventure

7) He loves giving hugs, all the time

8) The way he says mama, dada and thank you is just too cute

9) how he shakes his booty whenever he hears music. It goes up, down, up, down, side to side.

10) How much he changes each week. Wish we could just bottle him up right now.
Now we need a few more do nothing days to get caught up with pictures {and life}. At least we got the Halloween decorations down this weekend and the garage cleaned out!

Thankful Tree

Thanks to Laura, we've found the world of Pintrist, which is basically an online bulletin board. One of the pins was a Thankful tree so we decided to take a gander at making our own version. Cory and I definitely got some great laughs from watching the kids gather sticks and acorns in the backyard to hearing C's things she was thankful for ---- riding Dixie, O Toodles from Mickey Mouse and Papa Michael. In the end, it turned out fabulous and I know we will have to save all the little "thankful leaves" so we can look back at them and remember all the things we were thankful for on 2011. It looks like the Thankful Tree will be a new Thanksgiving Family Tradition.