Happy Thanksgiving 2010

We had two Thanksgiving celebrations this year. The day before Tom's Auntie Theresa & his cousins came over for dinner. It was so good seeing them again, especially Auntie Theresa. She is such a sweet woman and I've always really loved her. Plus it had been too long since we got together. On Thanksgiving day the three of us went to my parents' house for dinner. We just took a few pictures this time.

Auntie Theresa & Andrina

Jump Party

Last night Andrina went to a birthday party at a jumpy place. We haven't been to one of those in a while but now, like many things, Andrina is old enough to really enjoy it. She spent the entire night really jumping and playing like the little kid that she has become! I love it!

Arboretum Outing

Andrina and I have gone to the arboretum once before this year. Yesterday was most likely our last day there until spring as it was unseasonably warm! We were lucky we got to meet up with her cousins and both her aunties yesterday!

Cousins & Auntie April

I'm going to start calling Doreen "Super Auntie"! That's over 60 lbs of nieces!
I finally got Andrina to sit still and smile for a photo!

So Well Rounded

One of the many, many things I love about my daughter is how many interests she has and how well rounded she is. I think this picture says it well: she's playing with her train set while dressed up as a ballerina! And she picked out the outfit too!

Happy Halloween 2010!

Halloween is so much fun with a 3-year old! Long gone are the days when I'd dress up Andrina and take her trick-or-treating as a baby. Now she's a little kid and she really gets all of it! Andrina has been looking forward to today--getting to dress up as Thomas the Train again and get candy! Kids know what's best in life and they savor all of it! Here's some pictures from our day with our little girl:

getting the pumpkin ready to carve

Andrina & her friend Audrey trick-or-treating at the commons
getting dark out now

the fun of dumping out all the candy and seeing the loot!

our happy little family

and we forgot to get a picture of Andrina with her jack-o-lantern

so we had to take it right before she went to bed.

Notice her wet hair and jammies!

Andrina & a Baby Giraffe

I have adorable video footage of Andrina feeding carrots to a baby giraffe. But I can't get it to upload. I've tried several times without success so I will have to be happy with the best still photo Tom or I got of her feeding the baby. I wish it had uploaded. It's so precious to hear her sweet little voice saying, "here you go baby" as she puts a carrot in the baby giraffe's mouth. We've got a great kid who's a sweetie!

Here you go baby!

Gymboree Halloween Party 2010

Such a busy day! This was the last of the day's activities, the Halloween party at Gymboree. Andrina loved it, of course. She's such a happy kid that she is pretty easy to please. Of course, it probably doesn't hurt that I get to give her 100% of me so much of the time. Otherwise, she wouldn't have had me to be with her at three different places today. I love being with her and going to her activities with her. Although, she's such a sweet and loving child that she makes it so easy to be with her!

playing bobbing for apples with Ms. Jessica

with Gymbo!