Thanksgiving with the cousins

Friday and Saturday was spent at Gram and Poppy's with Thomas and Jack.

Jack just hung out and show off his new love of smiling.

While the big boys hung out at the neighborhood park and played with EVERY toy Gram and Poppy have to offer!

There was ring-around-the-rosie; the hokey pokey, and head and shoulders, knees and toes.

This was a lot of fun! Thursday (actual Thanksgiving) was spent at home with Nana and Aunt Amby- sadly the camera wasn't charged so there are no pictures to show the yummy turkey dinner we had!

Round 1 of Turkey.....and a little back yard Football

An Interview with a two year-old

Name: C-H-A-T-H-A-M Donley

How old are you? 2 and 3

Favorites:
Toy- the choo-choo
Food- hats
Color- orange
Friend- Max

What did you ask Santa for? A car

Are you excited have a baby? Yeah..... What are you going to do with Harper when she gets here? Play with her.... What will you play? With the choo-choo train

Can you count? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 2012 (who needs 14 and 16 anyway.... but 2012? I think you skipped a few thousand buddy)

What did eat for dinner tonight? um, brrrrmmmmm, chugga chugga choo-choo...... No, Chatham what food did you eat tonight? Salad (truth be told he had chicken with ranch dressing, corn, rice, and apple sauce)

Who loves you? um, Gram.
Who else? Daddy
Anyone else? OH, Mommy does! and Ali does and Aunt Ma'am does...... fa la la la la

What I'm thankful for.... (Chatham edition)

Today on our car ride to school, Chatham was still talking about Halloween. Ringing doorbells, saying thank you, he went over everyones costumes again.... I reminded him the Halloween is over and now it's time for Thanksgiving. Turkey, Pie, and being thankful. His response......"No Candy?" Sorry, buddy- No Candy.
I tried to put myself in a two and a half year olds shoes and explain how and why to be thankful....
We say thank you to people and things that make us happy and are nice to us.....What are you thankful for? So, here's his list- in order with no prompting on my part.
1. My black doggie (it's a stuffed animal he got from a teacher at daycare)
2. Cara
3. The School Buses
4. Gram
5. Grass
6. Harper


Not bad, I don't think we've fully grasped the concept this year, but I am very proud of my little guys thankful list!!

Mark...A set.....GO!

Little boys and their toys!!!

Chatham is ALL about playing with trucks and cars and motorcycles these days. He "brrrrrmmmm-brrrrrrmmmmmms" all over the house!

Some other memorable things he has said this week are:

"Mark...A set....Go"= On your mark, get set, go

"Relax and enjoy the ride mommy"= on our way home from Church I was fussing at Devin and Devin is known for telling Chatham to relax and enjoy the ride when he gets fussy in the car.

"I don't need to go to bed now, I'm not even thirsty yet"= SO SORRY- I didn't realize thirst was an indication of sleep!

"I didn't see you at Nana's today daddy, you were too far away"= Devin went to Taylorsville to shot- and of course nothing is in Taylorsville except for Nana.

We also went to the Tap Room this weekend to celebrate Suzy's birthday. The kids were SO funny and for the first time in my 2.5 years as a mom I left a restaurant happy with how everyone acted and certain that it is safe to show my face in the establishment again at anytime.