Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving with Joel's Aunt Cindy and her family. It was a short visit, but we had a lot of fun. We arrived on Wednesday afternoon and had a great dinner. Belle latched on to Kelly who played lots of Polly Pockets with her. Josh and Meg became fast buddies again. Thanksgiving dinner was delicious. There were 26 people at dinner. They set up one very long table and it was so much fun laughing with friends and family.

Kelly and Belle coloring

Josh helping with the Turkey!

Lego Discovery Center

The week of Thanksgiving we went to Schaumburg to the Lego center. It so neat to see everything made out of Legos. The kids had a ton of fun. They had rides, workshops and 3D movies. Of course the best part for Josh was the Lego store.

They had a room that was a replica of Chicago made out of legos of course! The detail was amazing. The lights even replicated the sun. So every 5 minutes or so the sun would rise and then set and the lights in the city would come on. It was neat later in the week when we were downtown and the kids could see the actual buildings that they saw here in legos.

Josh would have spent all day here. He just studied every little detail.

Josh and Indiana Jones. You cant tell in the photo, but it really did look like Harrison Ford.

Joel's Building

We are finally seeing progress on Joel's building! They are in the process of bricking the building. Then the parking lot, driveway and curb will go in. Joel hopes to be moved in in 3-4 weeks!

Halloween

Joel's parents came down for Halloween. They were able to have lunch with the kids and also help with Belle's Halloween party at school. Grandma went trick or treating while Mustache handed out candy. Joel and I went out to dinner with friends and had a great time!

Josh spent a lot of time thinking about what he wanted to be for Halloween. He finally decided to be a Knight.

Belle changed her mind about 10 times before she decided to be a Cowgirl.

Going to the Farm!

Belle went on her first field trip in kindergarten to Cedar Hill Farms. She had so much fun, they did the corn maze, picked pumpkins, rode horses, watched pig races and fed the animals.

Belle Posing!

Abbey, Belle and Ashlyn. I just love this picture.

Lost Tooth

My baby lost her first tooth in October! Seems like yesterday that those little teeth were busting through the gums!

Disney on Ice

Belle and I went and saw Disney on Ice. The boys were away on their first Cub Scout camp out, so we had a girls night out. It was so much fun and Belle loved it too:) As you can see she has her Tinkerbelle fairy hat on. We enjoyed the characters from Cars. The crowd went wild when the Mater came out onto the ice.