Christmas with the Haleys

We spent a fun-filled day at John's sister's house celebrating Christmas today. Before we left, I finished wrapping all of the presents.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a nice Thanksgiving with our families. This year, we had dinner with John's family, and then we went to Rob & Mindy's for dessert. The kids all had fun playing together, and Jack crashed on the 10-minute drive between the two houses.

Yummy Food

I know it's the week before Thanksgiving, but our week has been filled with very yummy foods.

Monday, November 12

Since it's colder now, I thought some good, old fashioned tomato soup sounded good for dinner. John doesn't like the way I make it (with milk and butter), so I just shared this goodness with Mara.

Tuesday, November 13

Jack loves cheese and was thrilled when we had more than enough left over from our pizza cones (that we got through a fundraiser at Jack's school).

Wednesday, November 14

John grilled some teriyaki chicken tonight, and I made my pineapple rice. It's been a while since we've had it, and Mara wanted seconds.

Thursday, November 15

Today was Parent Involvement Day at Mara's school. Her class divided into groups and created bridges. After school, we stopped by the book fair.

Friday, November 16

Chicken Express has quickly become one of our favorite places to eat.

Fall Festivities

Today was a busy day. Mara had her last soccer game of the season, she went to a friend's birthday party, and then we went to her school's Fall Fun Fest.

Since it was the last game of the season, we took some team pictures before the game.

The birthday party was a "diva" party, so Mara put on a sparkly dress to go enjoy some time with her friends.

The Fall Fun Fest had a jumping thing that Mara kept begging to try each time we went to the mall, so she was thrilled to see it there. She also got her hair and face painted and got a glitter tattoo. Jack had a lot of fun too.

Happy birthday, Mikey!

Monday, October 22

Today was the last day of Mara's fall break. She helped me take Jack to school this morning and got to see a lot of her friends from her summer daycare. She also went to a Girl Scout leader meeting with me to help her troop announce our Thinking Day event.

Tuesday, October 23

See today's post here.

Wednesday, October 24

Since it was nice out, the kids played outside for a few minutes tonight while we got dinner ready.

Thursday, October 25

We celebrated Mikey's 10th birthday today with dinner and cupcakes.

Friday, October 26

When we stopped by Walmart tonight to pick up a couple of things, the kids saw the Skylanders display, so we got some pictures of them pretending to be Bouncer.

Saturday, October 27

Before Mara's soccer game and Trunk or Treating, we went to Toys R Us to participate in a Lego build. The kids had fun creating things with the Legos.

Sunday, October 28

Jack tried to go this weekend without a nap, but it didn't work out too well since he crashed around 6 tonight.