Cookies 'n Santa

After our North Pole breakfast, we went into Fishers to see Santa at the Town Hall as part of Tri Kappa's "Cookies 'n Santa".  The kids did really well sitting next to Santa.  Santa might have been a little blind-sided by Brendan's enthusiasm with Baby Shadow kitty.  :) 

 Pretty sure that Katelyn asked for "Pink and purple toys"  :) 

 Brendan of course asked for trains - Trackmaster trains.  :)

After seeing Santa, we had to check out the train station and see if the Polar Bear Express train was there.

North Pole Breakfast

To kick off the month of December, we had a North Pole Breakfast this morning. (Thanks Pinterest! Although, I didn't go nearly as all out as some people have.) Our Elf, Mr. Elf, had already made his appearance, but he did bring chocolate Advent calenders for the kids as well as two tickets to ride the Polar Bear Express train later that day in Fishers.

Santa Hats and Snowballs.  :)    (Strawberries with whipped topping and powdered sugar covered donut holes)   The donuts were a big hit, the strawberries - not as much!

Decorating the Tree

We got the tree put up and decorated today. The kids were very excited to put the ornaments on the tree...of course most of them ended up on the bottom row of branches and some 2 or 3 ornaments deep on a branch.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 An attempt to get a picture of the grandbabies in their "train cars"

 Pumping his piston in his train car. 

 Tuckered out little Indian :)

Thanksgiving "Meal" at Preschool

Brendan's class also had a Thanksgiving themed snack just before Thanksgiving.  They all tried many new foods that are commonly eaten at Thanksgiving. 

Turkey
Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Stuffing
Corn
Cranberries
Pumpkin Pie with Cool Whip

Brendan seemed to like the mashed potatoes Ok, but really enjoyed the pumpkin pie.  :)

Senior Preschool Thanksgiving Program

Brendan's senior preschool class, the Lions, put on a Thanksgiving program in conjunction with the other two senior preschool classes. It was a really cute program. Each class sang a couple Thanksgiving themed songs and they all sang a few songs together too. I was so glad that I was able to take the morning off from work to see him.

Family Pictures

I'd been meaning to get family pictures taken for some time now...last time we did it, I think I was  pregnant with Katelyn.  Yikes!

My cousin, Emily Weis agreed to take some pictures for us.  :)    www.emilyweisphotography.com