Thanksgiving Feast!

Yesterday was Madeline's pre-school Thanksgiving Feast - so much fun! Jon couldn't join us as he's been serving on a jury all week so it was me and the kids. Maddie's class (in the Native American costumes) joined with another class (dressed as Pilgrims) and sang a few songs. I took the video on our old-school video camera, which means I don't have a digital file to post. But I'll write the lyrics to one of the songs as it was just too funny! After the "show", we all enjoyed a teaser Thanksgiving meal - can't wait for the real thing on Thursday!



"Mr. Turkey"

Mr. Turkey, Mr. Turkey
Are you getting nice and fat?
We are waiting for Thanksgiving
So what do you think of that?

Mr. Turkey, Mr. Turkey
Do you ever wonder why
People eat you at Thanksgiving
Instead of Chicken Pie?

Brogan has learned most of this song and it is hysterical to listen to the two of thing sing it. There are funny motions that go along with it, too.

Odie and friends

Little Mr. Odie is settling right in to our family. He and Hazie are best buddies and playmates now. Odie loves to pick a fight and Hazie is incredibly tolerant, but definitely puts him in his place when needed. We're all enjoying having a little kitten and he's quite the snuggler. Enjoy the photos!


Watching leaves and birds in the backyard

Naptime snuggles on the kitty castle

B, Maddie, and the little fuzz ball!

Sharing Jon's lap - so fun to have 2 lap kitties!

Halloween Fun

We enjoyed a very fun Halloween yesterday. Started the festivities at a friend's brithday party where Maddie won the best costume prize - so fun! Then we came back to our 'hood for trick or treating and an informal block party in the neighbor's front yard. We had the fire pit going, adult beverages flowing, and plenty of candy for the kids...great for everyone!!


Me and Maddie - thanks to Erin for the great Foothill Pep President duds!!

Dorothy and the scarecrow

Our jack o' lanterns

Maddie and her puppy pumpkin

B was excited about his design!

Rodeo "Odie" Meyers joins the family!

We've been talking about adding a second cat to our family and this little guy just happened to "find" me over the weekend. I was on a walk with a friend and we passed by a woman who had just taken a box of kittens out of her car (she was on her way to the park to see if she could find homes for them). I knew once I looked inside it would be hard to resist so I called Jon and he was up for it! Little Odie is a bundle of adorable, fun energy and I think he'll be a great addition. We're taking him to the vet today to get him checked out, as we've been keeping him separate from Hazie just in case there are any health issues. We'll keep you posted on how their introduction goes...

Brogan turns 2!

Our little guy is 2 - wow! We had a great time celebrating with family at Brogan's "things that go" party. Just about all his gifts had wheels (or pictures of wheels!) and he was thrilled. We are so blessed to have so many people in our life that love our kids. Thanks to all of you!

Riding the scooter he got from Aunt Sandy, Uncle Dave, Gigi and Great-Grandpa

The train cake Auntie Erin and I made

Presents!

4 generations of Lasswells - Gigi, Great Grandpa, Sue, Lynn, Erin, Jon, Meg, Maddie, and Brogan

Loading the excavator from Aunt Kate/Uncle Travis/Sarah/Austin into the back of the dump truck he got from Aunt Tina/Uncle Will/Joel/Amy/Emily

New York City

Jon and I just returned from an awesome long weekend in NYC visiting Erin and Wilson. The kids stayed behind, though I doubt they even realized we were gone since they got to spend 2 days with Will, Tina, and kids and then 2 days with Sandy and Dave. Lucky kiddos!

Our trip was prompted by the purchase of tickets to see U2 in concert at Giants Stadium - an unbelievable show! All the concert pictures are on my facebook page but I threw one in here, too. We spent the rest of the weekend exploring the city (as best we could with Jon's sprained ankle) and visiting with friends. I teamed up with Erin's good friend Kate to throw Erin a surprise bridal brunch - it was a blast! We relaxed at Erin and Wilson's apartment where we played a fair share of Wii games and bonded with our nephew, Bruce the cat.


Me, Courtney, Erin, Chris, Minnie, Erin G., and Kate

We did the Circle Line tour around Manhattan - a perfect day for it, obviously!

The Brooklyn Bridge

Me and Erin on the Circle Line boat

Times Square

The ridiculous stage set at the U2 show

Wilson, Erin, Me, and Jon at the concert

We had a most delicious lunch here at Shake Shack in Madison Square Park

Summer videos

I always forget to post videos to my updates, so here are a few from the summer. Enjoy!

Maddie is quite the adventurous one when it comes to anything related to the water. We were at the Old Town Hot Springs in Steamboat and she saw some big kids jumping off the diving board. She had never done it before but decided she just had to try. So she walked to the end and didn't even hesitate to jump in. After a couple of jumps to Jon who was waiting to "catch" her, she decided she didn't need him there any more and would just jump and then swim to the side by herself. Pretty cool!

Brogan is quite the fish, too. He had a blast in the little kid area at the hot springs pools. No fear of the water for this kid!

Just a glimpse into a normal day around our house - crazy kids doing crazy stuff!!