i can't believe that thanksgiving has come and gone and we are now in the christmas season! we had a wonderful thanksgiving, so many friends and family with us to celebrate. the kids were so excited to have a houseful of people. elias was so excited that he couldn't sleep- that is until thanksgiving dinner was on the table and proceeded to fall asleep while eating his supper. did i mention that both of my children had frosted mini wheats for thanksgiving dinner after yelling "yucky, yucky, yucky" at everything on their plate? i think next year thanksgiving dinner will be much easier to prepare though (and much cheaper!)
on saturday we had a second thanksgiving feast in richmond, virginia with reza's family. we all had a lot of fun and are so glad that baba jon is back in the country! the kids did a great job with all the travel, that is, until the last fifteen minutes. elias woke up from a very deep sleep and started screaming so loud that ada felt she should compete. back and forth they screamed and cried until we got out of the car and into the house. ah, home sweet home.
ada at her thanksgiving performance at school. can you read her banner? yep, you read it right "i am thankful for MOM", not my family, not god, not cookies, just ME. no pressure, really.
li is still slightly obsessed with his power tools, esp. his chainsaw. here is is going after auntie m. no, he doesn't want to cut down trees. he wants to cut off body parts. speaking of chainsaws, reza got out his chainsaw to cut up a log this weekend for a bonfire. upon starting it he quickly realized that one of our tikes had diligently taken a screwdriver and loosened every screw on it! are they talented or what? i am not sure who did it, but upon hearing reza yelling outside, ada said "i think baba is upset that someone was messing with his chainsaw. i think it was elias". hmm, suspicious. and she has her own slight obsession with tinkerbelle, the tinkering fairy that is very good at fixing things.
li worked hard to entertain everyone on thanksgiving day.
the thanksgiving spread. and if you look closely, check out the artwork on my fridge. i love it. land of mermaids and princesses with curly-cue hair.
eating.
li with baba jon.
li, amelia, auntie laila and baba jon
we visited a toy store in richmond and santa just happened to be there checking on the children. ada walked right up to him and told him her name. she proceeded to sit on his lap, and then, terror struck. by the time he asked her what she wanted all she could say was "nothing". then she refused to take her treat from him and walked away. i think it was just a dress rehearsal for us. we are going to try it again when we are a little bit more prepared.
terror.
a nice walk on campus sunday. after starbucks gingerbread lattes and pumpkin scones. yum.
she caught a ladybug.
and shared it with her brother.
my family. soon to be one person larger. can't wait!
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