Big Girl Bed

We moved Kiersten to a toddler bed at the end of November. She is doing really well and has only rolled out a couple of times. She enjoys the freedom to get up and play whenever she wants.

This is how we found her one night about a week later.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We celebrated Thanksgiving with a quiet dinner at home with our little family of four.

It was uneventful until dessert time. Somehow the pie recipe called for too much butter. It caused the batter to overflow the crust and then burst into flames at the bottom of the oven.

This was the paper that Aidan brought home from school the next week. It was a "What I did over Thanksgiving" report. He wrote "My pie caught on fire." I can only wonder what his teachers thought.

Go Stars!

Here are a couple of pictures from before the Stars game.

Here is Kiersten after the game. She was on the late news during the weather segment. In case you are wondering, I am holding her up above my head to be able to see. Aidan & Darren walked off right before the guy came out so they missed it. It kind of looks like she is alone :)

Happy Birthday Darren

Aidan decorated Darren's entire bedroom to look like a jungle for his birthday. There were animals and vines all over the place.

Happy Campers!

In November, we decided to go camping. It was the first time for the four of us all to go together. We headed up to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Enjoying dinner.

Smores by the fire.

Thie first night in the tent turned into playtime for the first hour or so. It was fueled by all the static electricity and fleecey pajama fun.

Good morning.

Aidan was pretending to be Moses and throwing his staff (the stick) on the ground in hopes it would turn into a snake. Why? I don't know.

Our animal friends.

Hiking in the hills

Kiersten feel alseep while riding in the pack. Darren managed to get her off and prop her up and she stayed asleep. She didn't even drop her granola bar.

A little pan flute by the fire.

Kiersten found a measuring cup in the camping box which became her 'teacup' for the weekend.

Pancake breakfast.

Halloween & Fall Festival

Pumpkin Patch