What are you thankful for?

Evelyn's preschool teacher asked each child in the class what they are thankful for this year and then displayed all of the answers on a bulletin board in the hallway.

Evy's choice? "My brother."



During Thanksgiving week we also found out that she is thankful for a few other things, including cousins, the castle playground, wampum necklaces, model trains, headbands and cranberry sauce.

Brandon is thankful for apples, things that beep and his firetruck pajamas.

More pictures from our Thanksgiving celebrations are on Flickr.

Uh-Ohs

Happy Halloween!

Halloween stretched out over almost an entire week this year. We started out with costumed dance class, visited the mall, had a preschool party and finished up with neighborhood trick-or-treat on Halloween night.



Evy still likes to hand out the treats more than anything else. Brandon was partial to the fire truck with firemen who were passing out candy bars.

Me too.

More pumpkin carving and Halloween fun on Flickr.

Fall, Continued

Evy and Brandon are still enjoying autumn. We've had picnics and visited playgrounds and jumped in leaves.

To prep for Halloween they both climbed on the pumpkins at Trax and then got in the car to check out the fall festivities in the middle of the state.



LOTS more pictures of fall are on Flickr.

A Bunch of Animals

Brandon's first trip to the zoo gave him the chance to finally show off his roar to a real lion. He also got to see elephants, monkeys and a camel (and make their noises, too).

Evy had been there before so she acted as Brandon's tour guide.

Everyone had a great time. More from the zoo on Flickr.

Welcome, Sarah!

Evelyn and Brandon have a new baby cousin!

Sarah Catherine arrived this morning in Harrisburg.

Congratulations Aunt Missy, Uncle Rob and William!

Start of Fall

Even though the autumnal equinox was less than two weeks ago, Evelyn has already had an entire season worth of fun.

On Friday she visited Trax Farms on a school field trip and took a hayride, learned about bees and drove the tractor.



And yesterday Evy took part in the Hay Day celebration. You know, Fall stuff. Like a huge inflatable slide.

More Fall fun is on Flickr.

Move Over Mikey

Brandon likes it, too!

Half-Birthday Air Show

Evelyn celebrated turning four-and-a-half by going to the Wings Over Pittsburgh airshow. She loved it.

Evy had a great time watching the USAF Thunderbirds, talking to a real pilot, sitting in the cockpit of a C-130, and wearing her ear protectors.

At the end of a long, tiring day on the tarmac, she still had enough energy to eat a half-birthday cupcake. Just enough...



She slept in the next morning.

More from the air show is on Flickr.

Preschool v2.0

Today was Evelyn's first day of three-day-a-week preschool. She has been looking forward to this morning with excitement since last week's orientation.

She woke up early and reminded us that it was, indeed, the first day of school. She was dressed and had her shoes on before 7:30am.

School starts at 9:00am. It is three minutes away.

Do you see what I mean? Excited.

After school Evy told us all about the teacher, her classmates, the activities and the snack. Then she started looking forward to her second day of school.

More first day pictures are on Flickr.