"Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night"

Sammie has been practicing for her preschool Christmas since before Thanksgiving. She comes home from school everyday pretending to be her music teacher, Ms Jay Jay. She carries around stacks of stapled paper and acts out the entire play. My favorite is when she sings, "Happy Birthday Jesus."Sammie got to be THE STAR.

 This girl sang her heart out!

 And remembered all the actions to every song.

 "I'm so glad it's Christmas!"

Houston Symphony Holiday Concert

Best. Picture. Ever.
Especially the look on Ms Claus' face.

What We Are Thankful For in 2011

This is the slideshow we watched after our Thanksgiving Dinner

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Thanksgiving Day Parade

We continued our tradition of staying downtown Houston on Thanksgiving Eve in order to wake up and walk out to the parade.

Our favorites....drill team and marching bands

Enjoying the ParadeGotta love the random crap they throw at the crowds...we heard nothing but whistles for a solid 10 minutes.Breakfast Buffet at the Hilton Americas

School Pictures

School Field Trip

Dewberry Farms - Take 2

Samantha's Preschool had a field trip to Dewberry Farms. We invited Grandma & Papa to tag along since it was their first time to go. It was quite a cold day, but we were able to get to the things we didn't do last time. In fact, I'm pretty sure we didn't miss an activity. First ones in...last ones out!Cow Milking with DaisyTractor PullZipline
Water Pump Duck RacesBike Ride DerbySliiide MountainNap on the Hayride
Picking out PumpkinsAnd, lots & lots of Rope SwingingSuper Fun Day!

Happy Halloween!

Mary Beth & Emilynn

Spooky Dinner in a Pumpkin

Trick or Treating. This is about the only house Alayna went to. She just wanted to dig through her pumpkin and play with the candy...so unfocused!Blake's Mom's Halloween Cookies. Not a great picture, but it is true to form: Melissa is always in charge of frosting colors. Deesh is entertaining Sam. And Sam eats & licks & snitchels.Jahnavie and Arjun have spent every Halloween with us since Sammie was 2.
Boo to You!
Thank you to Grandma for coming over this afternoon to get everything ready. Not sure I could do much of anything without her!