Holiday Fun!

Most definitely the best pavlova ever baked!!

The "kids" thanksgiving table!

...she smelled the turkey and licked the bread...that was her T-Day Dinner....

Buuuutt....the next day was Christmas Tree time!!!

she is so beautiful!

...tie 'er up!

While Adam went out to a concert with mega-superstar-David Freese, Annabelle and I decorated the tree!

she did so in a sundress and Minnie ears...

Then, she learned how to use the camera...here's one of her portraits!

Sunday was football, fire and cookie-makin' time!

(we wore matching aprons!)

Mixing...

beating....

flouring the surface....

(this was cleaned and cloroxed bf we rolled anything;)

cutting them out!

time to decorate

maddie was all tuckered out and needed a nap while we baked....

annnd....there's Dad to help taste-test!

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Queen of her Castle!

We have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, health, love, family, happiness...the list goes on and on! Although we will miss seeing our family today, we feel really thankful to have made friends in St Louis to spend Thanksgiving with!

Here are a few pictures of our sweetest pea from this week! Enjoy.

We love you!!

This is Annabelle yesterday. She demanded we take out the camera and take pictures of her dancing! She's quite the ballerina. She knows "plea, releve, arabesque" and love to spin and do her kicks! Maybe we're just proud parents, but at 2 we thinks it pretty awesome that she has a little routine down!! Here she is practicing!

(this was just showing off her princess tiana shoes!)

posing...

Arabesque

Here's a better one...

Bailey joined the dance recital!

More arabesque

I think that's her favorite...especially when she has a hand to hold, she gets pretty into it!

"kicks"

We prepared the food for Thanksgiving last night...here's annabelle helping to make stuffing...she ate the toast!

Thanksgiving Day Parade!

We sat inside again this year and got lucky with comfy seats and a coffee table for our Starbucks! It was pretty chilly and windy, so we enjoyed our front row views behind the glass!

G&G Ole, if you look close you'll see a giant parade-sized shopping cart...it has it's own motor/engine and everyting...maybe the Pig needs one?!

Rudolf!!

Happy to be out of the cold....a Florida boy through and through!

awwwww

We hope everyone has a lovely holiday! See you sooooooon!

xoxoxo

Lots to Catch Up On....!

Last night Adam and I went to see our favorite comedian, Jim Gaffigan at The Fabulous Fox Theatre....and it was HYSTERICAL....the first 10 minutes I was crying and unable to breath...so so so funny....so, while we dined and laughed, Annabelle spent the evening with her fellow princess, Adela! The girls had such a great time dancing, twirling, laughing, jumping and being girls! Mary took a few pictures for us!

Yesterday afternoon we had a going away party for our friends moving to California, after the party we made a quick stop at the Magic House so Annabelle could play with the doll house....she loves it and could spend all day there! So, Adam and I (I think) have decided on a dollhouse to go under the steps on the 2nd floor for Christmas! Whooo hooooo!

Ice Cream time at the party...Annabelle's favorite time!

Annabelle, Bennett (who's moving:() and Benny

Our little self-proclaimed Packer's Princess....

And, some pictures from our vacation!!

A very beautiful sunset!

Mallory Square in Key West

More Key West fun...

Sombraro Beach... b e a u t i f u l!!!

Dancing in Key West

ICE CREAM!

Looking at Sea Turtles!