Thanksgiving 2008

I had so much fun this year Nona and Papa's house on Thanksgiving day. They had their house all decked out again with Christmas trees, Santas, nutcrackers, etc. everywhere. Nona even organized an official "lighting" of the house. It was pretty cool except that not everyone turned their remotes on at the same time. We'll practice counting down again before next year's gathering.

It had been summer since all of the cousins have been able to play together. This was Natalie and Gavin's first Thanksgiving since arriving from Russia but they have adapted well to the chaos. We made lots of noise and a big mess, but minimal tears were shed and no one got hurt.

Everyone ate so much good food. Well, not me of course. Nothing irritates Mommy more than my exceptionally picky choice in nutrition. I don't change my game plan and alter my diet even during special occasions.

We also enjoyed watching the Cowboys beat the Seahawks 34-9 and then the Longhorns KILL the Aggies 49-9. Daddy was so so happy. It was another great Thanksgiving with so much to feel grateful for. (By the way, it also irritates Mommy to end a sentence with a preposition.)

School Picture

As you know, I'm camera shy but I'm making some improvements. I'm screaming less at Mommy when she has that darn device pointed at me, and I'm interested in seeing the pictures after she takes them (of course I'm still having difficulty with the concept that the image needs to be captured prior to the viewing). For my school picture, I didn't have my blanket like last year (thank God- that was so embarrassing!), but I didn't exactly smile either. In any case, I'm still quite the cutie. I can say that with absolute objectivity.

October Fun

October was a lot of fun with all sorts of activities. We made a trip to the pumpkin patch (just in time to kick up our allergies again) complete with hayrides, animals, and of course pumpkins.

For Halloween Mommy was a bit limited on my costume options again since I will still not wear anything on my head. So she got me a UPS delivery uniform this year (last year I was a doctor) and I wore it a few times. First, I had a party at school with everyone dressed up.Then we had a party for playgroup, but Mommy didn't take many pictures and we never got the group together as in the past years. But here I am "driving" Cade around.

Of course, I wore my costume again to go trick-or-treating. I had so much fun getting all that candy in my "pumpkin bag." Mommy let me eat one piece that night. Of course, I picked a sucker and finished it in my bath. Just like at Sam's house.

Poor Daddy

Daddy's Horns lost their #1 BCS spot to #7 Tech due to the loss on Saturday night. He and the other dads were so upset; he actually equated his feelings about it to having a girlfriend break up with him. I don't know what that's like so I'll just have to trust that it hurts a lot. But on Sunday the updated rankings came out and Texas only dropped to #4. Daddy got his hopes up again for a national championship. He then said that the good news was just like feeling like there was a possibility of getting back together with the girlfriend that broke up with him. Again, I don't understand and Mommy wants to know which girlfriend he is talking about. Hopefully he gets to see the tower lit up this season with a "1" again.