Big Sister Time!

We are trying our hardest to get Mae to think that it's going to be great to be a big sister. Yes, for those of you who don't know, we're adding another one to our ranks in mid April. We find out if it's a boy or girl next week and Mae thinks it's going to be a "baby sister" so we'll see if her prediction is right. At the moment, she has no desire to share the spotlight with anybody but at least lets me do my thing when she's playing with a friend. So...once this baby comes, I may be calling all of you with little ones to bring them over to play so she doesn't hate me and the new baby and we can have some peace.

We are very grateful this time of year for all the blessings in our lives. We are so lucky! We hope this season finds all of you well too. Eat lots of turkey this week and I want to know if anybody is crazy enough to get up early for shopping on black Friday! Have fun!

Okay, okay, worst blogger ever! Probably most of you have given up on us now but I am resolving to be better so expect more frequent blogs in the future. Anyway, we had a great Halloween this year. Mae actually got the concept of trick-or-treating (except she wanted to eat each piece of candy as she got it) and boy did she get a lot of candy! (Much to mom and dad's happiness!) We didn't even take her trick-or-treating the night of Halloween because she got so much at a trunk-or-treat neighborhood party the night before and a cubicle trick-or-treat at both daddy's and grandma's offices in the afternoon. She was loaded!

For Halloween this year, we decided to do something Rob did growing up at the Cowley's home. We projected Halloween cartoons onto our garage and set up blankets and chairs for everyone who passed by to sit and watch for a bit. We served doughnuts and hot chocolate and apple cider as our treats. It was a huge success! We had lots of friends stop by along with our great neighbors who almost stayed the duration of the evening as their small kids weren't ready for the marathon trick-or-treat yet. We had so much fun and Mae couldn't have been happier watching movies with her friends and stealing everybody's candy from their buckets when they were preoccupied watching the show. (I swear I didn't teach her that move!) Here are some pictures of the evening, along with Mae in her kitty cat costume - and might I add, she had a great "Meow" to go with the costume.
Hope everyone had a great holiday.