Weekending....

Our weekend was pretty jam packed with random events!  I said goodbye to my beloved Ford Escape. 

She was sold to another family to fix up for a college student.  I miss her already!!  

Driving a Dodge Journey now.  I feel like I'm just borrowing it or something - I think it is going to take me a while to realize this is my vehicle now.

Ella was a super big helper this weekend!  She helped Jay in the garage (transition out the summer stuff and make way for (gasp) snow stuff!).  She helped me with the laundry (she LOVES to press the buttons and load up the washing machine) and even washed dishes.  What a rock star!

Each family in Ella's kindergarten class had to decorate a turkey, working together using any materials we wanted to use!  Here is our masterpiece.  She is a girl turkey and per Ella her name is Bella!  :)  See the bow?  She insisted upon a bow for Ms. Bella because - SHE'S A GIRL!  There were some protests from Jay about putting a bow on a turkey, but hey, it gives her a little something extra, right?

How is it November?!  The Holiday season is upon us and everyone keeps reminding us (already) of how many shopping days (or shopping weekends) remain until Christmas.  We are talking 7 weekends until Christmas people.  WHAT?!  I am looking forward to it though.  It will be fun to fit our decorations in the new house and enjoy the holidays in front of the fireplace (this is a hint to Jay to start the fireplace!!!)  :) 

All about Halloween 2014 - Elsa

We celebrated Halloween a good amount this year!  Ella first celebrated at the Halloween Walk on the Friday before Halloween.  Here she is all decked out in her Elsa dress and Elsa braid!  Of course, right?!  We counted quite a few Elsa and Anna impersonators.  :)

Then she collected more goodies on Saturday at a Halloween event with Aunt Annie and the crew!

On Halloween, Ella partied all day!  They had a Harvest Party in the afternoon at school, so I put on my Halloween shirt and headed over to hang out with the kiddos.  It was a fun event!  Although, most of the other parents were dressed up in actual costumes, so if I volunteer in the future I guess I have to up my game!

It was a cold night for trick-or-treating, but we had a fun time anyway.  We did a quick loop through our neighborhood and then handed out candy for the remainder of the night.  I think Ella enjoyed that more than the trick-or-treating!  HA!

Ella scored a pair of green fangs which she thought was pretty sweet!

And that was about as spooky as it got for us!