Thanksgiving!

We headed to Omaha, Nebraska for Thanksgiving. My parents, Doug and Britt, Greg, the girls and I all headed Laura and Doug's way to celebrate the holiday. We hadn't ALL been together for a holiday in a VERY long time, so it was good to be with my family and have some good quailty time with them. And we hadn't seen Doug and Laura's new house yet, so it was a great to see it!! Perfect for them. And made me have house envy even more than I already do!!
Not the best picture taking I have ever done...

Laura and Doug...their first Thanksgiving as a married couple!!

The girls helping Aunt Laura open some early Christmas gifts!

Looking for deals, working on projects...

smile!

Grace LOVING ALL the attention she got from Aunt Laura and Aunt Britt!!!!

Gigi and Iz

how many people (and dog!) can one couch hold?

we got to watch my high school football team WIN STATE!!!

WHOOOO HOOOOO Rochester Rockets!!

And the girls had cozy fun watching movies at our hotel!

Such a fun weekend, and SO much to be thankful for!

i'm thankful for...

Last week, the girls and I made very fancy turkeys and each day before Thanksgiving I asked them what they were thankful for. I wrote down the first thing out of their mouth, and then we talked about how it is important to be thankful for what we have since other people don't have everything we do! Oh the conversations we had!

Isabel...

Santa Claus

markers and glue

mickey mouse parade

Ariel

grace, mommy and daddy

eyes, nose, food

Grace...
princesses

little people and belle

pine cones, mac n cheese, and sleeping beauty

a mermaid

Izzy, mommy and daddy

Disney Day!

Yesterday was the Festival of Lights parade on Michigan Avenue, and we were lucky enough to be there to watch it!! We started our morning yesterday having breakfast with the Disney characters. I asked the girls what they wanted to wear, thinking it would be a dress...however was I wrong. Their princess outfits is what they BOTH said. So that is what they wore, and they were perfect!! The castle was there for us upon our arrival. So the girls had to cheese it up a little before we ate.

Then the characters arrived! We went last year and the girls were beyond terrified of all of them, though they really had never seen any of the characters. This past year, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse has become a huge hit at our house. Minney and Daisy are often in the girls strollers going for rides. Needless to say, we were ready this year...

well, Isabel was ready!! She was SO excited!!!! Grace...she talked a big talk about how she was going to hug and talk to all the characters, but she was "very scary!" as she put it!

but not "scary" enough to NOT give Daisy Duck a hug!! It was SO sweet!!! But that was the last of the hugs from Grace...

Isabel, she couldn't get enough!! She wanted to see them all, and talk to them!!

and hold their hands...

and give hugs...she LOVED Chip and Dale!

We headed back downtown for the parade...

Grace. SUCH a cheeze ball with her smiles these days!!!!

And Isabel. Poor girl has had such a bad cold for so LONG. She looks more miserable that she actually is here though!

We got to see all the characters again on their floats.

Rapunzel or "tangled up" as the girls refer to her, was even there!!

SOOOO excited to see Daisy and Donald!!

And finally...Santa. How sweet are their little faces! Such sweet excitement!!!! SOOO much fun to watch them!

A huge firework show...

And we headed home. A VERY cold night, but we were lucky enough to have seats (thanks to Greg's boss!!!!!!) which made it all that much better. Both girls said their favorite part was Tangled up and Santa.

Another fun day, watching some true magic through our girls eyes!

sweet princess dreams

Here are the girls showing off their new pajamas before bed tonight...

The fancier the better for these two!

I have NO idea where they get this from...Aunt Laura?!?!

Isabel says to Grace...

"you look like BEAUTY!"

Grace says...

"that's what I am Iz!!!!"