Thanksgiving in Tennessee

We spent time at Bill and Lori's for Thanksgiving. Such a beautiful view from their place.

The Chattanooga Choo Choo.

The historic trolley ride telling the history of the Chattanooga Choo Choo.

The kids got to ring the bell.

Re-enactment of Civil War times atop Lookout Mountain.

Fun times with Aunt Lori and Uncle Bill!

Getting ready to shoot off the cannon.

Steve and Bill getting ready to go 4-wheeling...

While Lori and I take the kids to the aquarium.

Oh no! Trapped in a shark cage!

Eating lunch on the Tennessee River.

Gorgeous sunset.

Uncle Bill getting ready to head off to work.

Visiting the lights and rock formations at Rock City.

Play time.

Thanksgiving Day!

We got to ride Clydesdale horses before our feast. What fun!

Time to eat.

Time to go home :(

Cabin Logging

The loggers came and worked on removing the fallen trees from the land at our cabin.

 

Our view is so bare now!

Pumpkin Carving

On Monday, we carved pumpkins. The kids picked out the designs they wanted and Daddy drew it onto the pumpkin and carved it.

Getting ready to start the process.

Digging out the slimy guts.

Posing with the finished product.

All lit up and ready for Halloween!

First Visit From the Tooth Fairy

D only had 1 1/2 days of school last week, so we made fall themed cut-out sugar cookies Thursday morning. Yum!

Friday morning, her front tooth had gotten significantly looser.  I could tell it was going to come out today so we took some last pictures of her with her full set of baby teeth. At one point, she had to hold the tooth up and in her mouth with her finger, otherwise it would just hang out of her mouth.  It was hanging by a thread, but she didn't want to pull it out.

It did come out soon enough Friday morning, and she was so excited to put it in her tooth fairy pillow. Love the new smile!

On Saturday, we planted grass seed on our front lawn and covered it with straw. We used an extra bale of straw to sit on a take a couple of pictures.

Sister and brother.

Mama!

The ever popular "silly face" picture.

Daddy!

First Day of Preschool

M is all ready for his first day of speech preschool.