Here’s Mary outside sketching the neighborhood. Ever since she could talk she has said she will be an artist someday. She certainly looks the part:
And Abe made a cute new hairstyle for Clarissa:
Abe also made THE most darling cards for each child around Thanksgiving.
I am still back blogging and don’t remember much about this day. I did go and pick out carpet, and Abe came to help me decide. I also think I got new tires for the car. Aside from that, it looks like the kids had a lot of fun this day:
Showing off new pajamas from Baps and Bapa!
Abe made the kids cards about what he loves about them.
Showing off her new pajamas from Baps and Bapa!
I took the kids to the zoo this day. I pulled Lydia out of school which I probably shouldn’t have, but she had so much fun and we loved having her.
On Monday I took Mary on a Mommy Daughter date to Color Me Mine and The Creperie for hot cocoa. She has been SUCH a good girl all year–so helpful, so kind, so obedient. I just love her and wanted her to feel seen. And the beauty of that is that I had the chance to actually SEE her on this date. Sometimes it is hard to see each individual child in the chaos of ordinary life. But one-on-one time is so valuable because I got to appreciate how darling and precious and adorable Mary is. I felt sooooo lucky to be her mom. Like, please pinch me, because I can’t believe this cute girl is mine!
On Saturday we went to the new house with Moroni to see what it would take to make a master bedroom in the basement. It turns out the house already had a master bedroom planned right where we thought we’d put one! So it’s plumbed and ready. We couldn’t believe it. There must be a God, I guess. This house seems made for our family.
Today my mom came over to do some tax planning with Georgia, and so we took the opportunity to have her over for dinner as well. Lily made stuffed pumpkins, so yummy!! Also, Lydia built a fun wall out of blocks.
Today, Lydia had her harp recital. Michael Anne joined us which was so great!
Lily has been craving Thanksgiving food lately, and even though we did a Trader Joe’s Thanks giving dinner just recently, we repeated tonight. It was soooo yummy! I love the Thanksgiving flavors!
Also, I spent time today working on the financing for the new home that we are now under contract for.
I am assuming we made a Trader Joe’s Thanksgiving dinner this day:
