The Turkey Trot!

Thanksgiving morning, Daddy ran a 10K in Stockton called the Turkey Trot. They have them all over the place, but the one in Stockton had a nice course so we all bundled up and headed out very early in the morning to make race time. The race started and ended at the Stockton Ballpark. I think Daddy said he cut 4 minutes off his best time! (This young girl was trying to outrun him, so being the competitive man he is, had to sprint most of the way!)

Once Daddy went to start line,
we never did find him in this crowd

They had taiko drummers at the start and finish of the race

Oh, there's Daddy!

He found us in the stands...

...of the Stockton Ballpark
(pretty nice little park if you've never been)

Ornaments for 2010!

Well, we usually have our house decorated for Christmas by now. But with our house selling and getting prepared to move, we decided to wait to put up our tree. Boohoo...! But that doesn't mean we can't make ornaments! Today we went to Michaels to pick up some ornament goodies and here's what we made!

First get a clear glass ornament

Fill it with marshmallows

Tear a carrot shaped nose

And coal shaped eyes and mouth

Glue it to your ornament

And you have the cutest little snowmen ornaments!

Next take an acrylic ball that opens in half

Choose a few little Christmas trinkets

Fill half with poly pellets
and the other half with trinkets

Close the ball

And now you have your very own homemade "I Spy" ornament! (We also added an "I Spy" tag to let everyone know what they needed to find and a ribbon)

Soup and Song

Today Gregory's class had it "Soup and Song" day. They invited guests to homemade vegetable soup and a couple of songs. Gregory's teachers tell me he and his buddy Brady spent the entire morning chopping vegetables for the soup! (with little plastic knives!)

There's Gregory's buddy Brady in the Gap shirt

Bowl of soup

While I was watching Gregory's show,
Bailey was enjoying a Thanksgiving
"Friendship Feast" at her school!

 Busy, busy, busy!

Luke's First Birthday Party!

Little Lukie celebrated his first birthday today! We had lunch at the Tower Grille and cake and ice cream and Uncle Ryan and Aunty Joey's! Lots of kiddies and lots of fun, but we missed Grandma who was home with the flu. :(

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Pixieland

Today (and tomorrow) the kids are on holiday from school for Veteran's Day. They woke up at the crack of dawn, so I had to come up with something to do for the day. The weather was nice so I decided to take them to Pixieland! (by myself!)

Now, I was thinking it was going to be an amusement park that we'd have to do a little walking, but it's pretty much the size of a small zoo ride area. The kids rode 4-5 rides, we hung out for a little over an hour and we were home before lunch! After lunch we decided to hit the park to use some pent up energy and we ran into a couple of classmates from Gregory's school!

Kids had a fun day - Mommy's pooped...Tomorrow we're going to visit Grandpa and Grandma!

Train ride

Coin operated boat that they just sat in to take a photo

Plane ride

Frogger

Car ride

The fastest Merry-go-round EVER!

Gregory's dizzy look!