Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great trip to upstate NY to celebrate Thanksgiving. First, we went to Aunt Diane's house in Binghamton: 

And then on to Albany...where we did more than play Muppet chess, but I guess Muppet chess is conducive to taking good pictures:

You may have noticed that the table has completely turn from 2 years ago when Abby was our little ham and Anna hid from the camera. Abby did, however, cooperate with the camera once in the last month:

On the day she turn 2 1/2!

(hard to tell, but that is a 1/2 cake)

Whip your hair

First watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YuLwJPhvYA

Then watch this:

Halloween continued

Here are two more great pictures from Nana's camera:

 

One of my friends had the wicked queen costume to go with Snow White and we managed to put together a last minute "prince" costume for Daddy.

 

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween this year. Abby was a cat and Anna was Snow White. A week before Halloween we attended our town Halloween parade to gear up for the season. The girls liked watching all the floats and people dressed in costumes. On Saturday we all went to a playgroup Halloween party where the girls got to do crafts, have treats, and hear their favorite local musician, Miss Anne, perform Halloween songs. On Halloween day Nana came to visit to join the festivities. The girls enjoyed all the Halloween festivities, but their favorite by far was trick-or-treating. We were surprised how many houses they visited - sometimes running from one house to the next. They were quite satisfied with their loot at the end of the night! Happy Halloween!

 headed to the playgroup Halloween party

separating pumpkin seeds from the mush

Anna & Abby searched with Daddy for the spookiest pumpkin design they could find. Once we finished our skeleton/bat design, Matt lit the pumpkin, and the girls ran around the house either truly scared or pretending to be scared of it!

Nana's here!

 ready for trick-or-treating!

taking inventory at the end of the night :)

Apple picking

On Sunday we went apple picking at an orchard we had never been to before. It was great because there were a lot of great apples low enough for the girls to pick themselves. There was also broccoli picking! And the girls got to check out a spooky barn and a hay maze.

Cox Farms 2012

A week ago we had our annual fall trip to Cox Farms. Anna & Abby seemed to enjoy it more than ever. Anna especially enjoyed the slides, Abby loved the animals, and they both loved the apple cider!

 

hello, cow!

Abby was a little nervous about the slides until Matt told her they would "ba" down the slides :)

 3 1/2 feet tall!

almost 3 feet tall!

Go Bluebirds!

This fall Anna is playing on her first soccer team. She is really enjoying the season, especially her coach - her daddy! Anna is on the bluebird team and both Anna & Matt enjoy going to soccer practice every Saturday. Also, Abby has enjoyed joining Matt & Anna for some backyard practices :)