Tree skirt

The other day when we put up the Christmas tree, I pulled out our tree skirt. I tried to explain to Gillian that it was special because Grandma made it. Gillian heard skirt and she immediately tried it on. 

Best part is that I ended up finding the tree skirt in the basement a few days ago. It was with Gillian's dress up stuff. 

Never enough accessories

Today I got Gillian dressed for Thanksgiving. I sent her downstairs to play while I got ready. I was taking too long and she came to find me. I was very surprised to find that she had added to her outfit. She found quite a few accessories. 

She even put clips in her hair! My favorite is the cape and the sword. I guess to Gillian there is never enough accessories. 

Halloween 2014

Halloween this year was much like every other year. But this year, Gillian asked me "Can you come to my parade?" I said "I'm not sure." She said "Last year all my friends' parents came but you wasn't there." Wow, way to lay on the guilt trip Gillian. It worked. I made sure I was there. Gillian and her class proudly marched around the parking lot. 

And they all gathered together and sang us a little song. 

 

Plus I even got a picture of Gillian and the Elsas. 

After school, we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's house. It is our Halloween tradition to go trick or treating with Justin. Grandma makes a few pots of soup for dinner too. 

The kids were awesome this year. They said thank you at every house. Justin was an excellent big cousin. He warched out for John and Gillian and always made sure they were at the front and didn't miss out on any good candy. 

We went back to Grandma's and ate our soup. John asked if he could have some candy for dessert. I said yes. Of course his picked out a full size Hershey bar. I told him "Only half." He ate half of it and came back over to me and said "But it's melting." I laughed at him and ate a piece. He then reached in and grabbed the last piece of the chocolate bar. I said "John!" He laughed and said "What? It's going to melt!" This kid. 

After Grandma's house, we headed over to Mimi and Poppy's house. The kids rang the bell and said "Trick or Treat!" Poppy was surprised to see them. The kids were excited to see everyone especially their baby cousin, Mackenzie. 

The kids had a great Halloween!