Visiting Santa

We took the kids to see Santa Claus last night.

Evy put the letter she wrote to him in his mailbox and hopped right up on his sleigh. She said she was a good girl this year and told him everything on her Christmas list.

Then it was Brandon's turn.



He didn't have a chance to share his list.

It's OK, though. We're sure Santa already knows what Brandon wants (other than to get off of his lap).

Number Nine

Evelyn and Brandon are excited to add another blog to the family. You'll see it on the sidebar in the Links section.

There are still a few more months to wait until the arrival of their new cousin, but you can get a sneak peak now by checking out the Bradley Baby Blog.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

When my birthday is over it is officially time to decorate our house for Christmas.

After getting all (what seemed like) 114 bins out of the attic, Evelyn and Brandon had fun getting ready for the holidays. They hung stockings, checked strings of lights, set up festive tchotchkes and, of course, trimmed the tree.

Evy placed all of the ornaments on the bottom third of it.



Brandon then took them off.



More pictures of Christmas prep are on Flickr.

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.