Thanksgiving 2011!

For the first time in 5 years, we headed up North for Thanksgiving with all our relatives. We don't make it up there often for Holidays because it can be quite stressful having to visit two sides of the family especially in the same day. And driving 6+ hours in the car during the Holidays is not very fun either!


We had a wonderful time though and I'm really glad we were able to share this great family experience with Roweyn.

Normally it can be pretty rainy and foggy there, but Thanksgiving Day was beautiful, so we made the most of it and headed over to the zoo to see all the animals!

 

After the zoo, we headed back to the house for a little rest. Then we were  up and getting ready for two different family dinners that were taking place at the same time. So we headed over to the first house early so we could visit with our 20+ family for a bit, we sat down to an amazing dinner and as soon as we were done eating, we were up and off to the next house. This next dinner was much quieter but still just as good. It was a bit of a hectic night but the important thing was we were able to see all our family, even if it was for a short while.

All in all, we had a great Thanksgiving with family and yummy food. I'm looking forward to next years. I think Roweyn will understand more what is going on and hopefully will be able to really enjoy it!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and good food too!

Roweyn's Ramblings Wk. 41

Here we are in the middle of November! Already? Can't believe how quickly the holidays are approaching! Too fast in my opinion.

Nov. 20th Rowe playing "Mommy" with her baby and stroller that is almost as big as her. Napping. Wearing her glasses so she can draw. More awesome bubbles in the tub!

Catching the bubbles! And after bath time a little piano time with Papa. Such a sweet moment of the two of them. Rowe really loves her Papa. 
Nov. 21st - Me ready for work to be over. Home from work and snuggling my sweet girl at bed time.

Nov. 22nd - Getting a little energy out before our 6+ hour drive to Eureka for Thanksgiving. Eating breakfast at Great Grandma Nona's house. Naptime! Coloring over at our Aunt's house.

Mean Muggin it! 
Nov. 24th - Wearing her clean diaper on her head Thanksgiving morning. Checking out the Flamingos and the Red Pandas at the Zoo on Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving from the Red Pandas, Rowe and me! Riding a tractor and a horse. Spider Roweyn!

Checking out some more animals at the zoo on Thanksgiving.
Nov. 25th. Just a girl and her dog hangin out.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Ours was crazy to say the least. Just very busy seeing all of our family and having Two Thanksgiving Dinners on the same night and right after Thanksgiving, I came down with another cold, so I was quite worn out afterwards.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! We are out of town visiting all our family for the holiday which I don't think we have done in about 6 years, so it was much needed! I'm excited for Roweyn to be able to experience our giant family during the holiday and really hope she has fun! I'm so thankful to have such a big, loving family and even though we're in the same state, about 6 hours away, we don't get to see them hardly enough, so I'm very thankful for the times we do get together!


Last year we went over to our family friends house and had a wonderful time there. Here we are before heading over.

Love this photo of her just cracking up!

I hope you all are able to enjoy this time with family and friends!

Roweyn's Ramblings Wk. 40

Here we are in almost the middle of November, still having awesome weather!

Nov. 9th - Being cute! For some reason I thought this outfit looked really cute on her. She got that dress last year for Christmas and it was below her knees, now it's pretty much a shirt! Feeling the wind. 
Nov. 13th - Having so much fun on the trampoline. Eating oatmeal while Mama enjoys a cup of tea.

Nov. 13th - Sweeping and looking cute in her vest. Wearing a shower cap. Loving the bubbles in the bath! And sick with a cold on the 14th.

Mama baby snuggles.  Nov. 15th - Playing in the sandbox. Making silly faces. Finally getting my hair done!

Nov. 16th Modeling her outfit. Sitting on her musical stool, playing with her musical bench. Nov. 18th #flashbackfriday Roweyn around 3 months and 4months.

Nov. 18th Modeling her new peacoat. Some cute clips I made. Mama and Roweyn move night. And my favorite snuggles.

Roweyn's Ramblings Wk. 38 & 39

Finally catching up to posts from the end of October, yet I still have so many more oh and not to mention that it's almost the end of November! Who knows if I'll ever catch up!

Oct. 25th - 27th: Rowe trying on her owl hat that was made for her Halloween costume last year but was a winter staple after that. We wanted to see if it still fit, and it did! I got a new hair cut and am loving it! Working on peacock feathers for Roweyn's costume this year and after they were done, got the treats for her class signed and ready to go. We passed out little play dough for trick or treating at her preschool.

Oct. 28th & 29th: Trick or treating at school! She did SO good and had such a blast! I loved watching her walk around to all the bigger kids in her preschool and trick or treat. Telling me stories about the camera while stuck between the bed and nightstand....don't ask me how that could be comfortable! ha Eating a giant apple, sharing it with me while walking around saying "Ahpple" love how she says it.

Oct. 29th - 30th: New coat in the mail from her great grandma! Watching the band at the Halloween Festival at the Fairgrounds the Saturday before Halloween. Saying "Mommy, it's bwight", she's talking about the flash on my phone. And making my favorite holiday cookies!

Halloween! We did the "Safe Trick or Treat" they put on downtown for babies to preschoolers. They get to walk around to all the stores and trick or treat in the morning while everyone else was in school. So no having to worry about older kids or going out at night (even though we did that too) I had the most amazing time with Roweyn! Watching her be such a big girl doing all her trick or treating by herself. She wouldn't let me touch her bucket and would pick out the candy all by herself and put it in her bucket. One of my new favorite memories with her. We headed home for lunch and a nap while I raced off to work for a few hours and then came home to take her out trick or treating down the street from our house where she had a blast again!

Having her very first sucker after we were done trick or treating. She really seemed to like it! #flashbackfriday 2 years ago I was a very 7 month pregnant Juno for Halloween in Cosmetology school. By far my favorite costume! Late night reading before heading to bed on Halloween.

Nov. 1st - 3rd: A very happy baby wearing toddler! Night time snuggles. Hat weather! And a very delicious Pumpkin spick bagel adorned with Nutella and sliced banana! Amazing!

Nov. 4th - 6th: Playing in the tractor at preschool! Pretending to get her hair cut! She does this every time after I cut someones hair at the house. Precious nap time snuggles with the bear that used to be mine. And the sweetest face ever during night time snuggles.

*Side note: This post was written at the end of November but I decided to publish it as if it was earlier in the month so everything would be in the right month.

Halloween 2011!

Halloween this year was a blast! Roweyn was so into it and it was pretty much the cutest thing ever!


Downtown they put on a "Safe Trick or Treat" for Preschoolers and under in the morning while all the other kids are in school. Any of the shops that want to participate stand at their door and pass out candy or another type of treat for the kids. It's a blast for all the little ones and so cute because it looks like it's just a town of teeny kids.

We dressed up in the peacock costumes again that I made basically the week before. ha

Roweyn was all about carrying her own bucket and would not let us get anywhere near it. It was quite funny and cute!

Worn out from such an awesome morning!

We went out that night too in our neighborhood. They designate one street and then block it off so no cars drive through it. Anyone in the area donates the candy so that the houses that are on the street don't have to buy it themselves.

Someone getting a little sleepy until...

She had her very first mini sucker and she loved it! As if you couldn't tell by the photos. :)