November stuff

Winter came home very excited about this last week. 

Mya: MOM! Winter got an award!! A parti... ssssomething one!! 

Me: Participation

Winter: What's participation?

Me: Ummm that they really liked your lady bug. (lie)

Winter: *Giant smile*

Thanksgiving at the firestation. 

This is the easiest thanksgiving for me. I just show up with the kids and get fed by the talented firefighter chefs and the kids have a blast. 

Addie's 4th birthday! 

She's getting old enough to really appreciate her birthday and she knows what's going on and doesn't expect a whole lot. This year we went to Chuck E. Cheese for an hour or so. Then we had a "party" with cake and ice cream back at the house. It was basically a trip to vons for cake and balloons and some of the kids in the neighborhood came over after dinner. Doesn't get much easier. 

Mya is still terrified of Chuck the giant mouse but we talked to one of the employees who told her that she was actually the one who would wear the costume and she would tell us before she came out. It was super nice of her. So Mya hid in a booth with Dan and the mouse threw some tickets at the kids and everyone was happy.

This ride was broken and kept going by itself so the kids took full advantage.

(Mya trying to get Angus to look at the camera)

She begs me to ride in this cart every time we go to Vons and I always say no. It's a pain and oh so noisy.

So she was super excited about it.