Thanksgiving, round 1/2

Whit set up a Thanksgiving feast for his animals, Thomas, and himself:

Oh Shit...

Pardon the explicit title, but right after I got married my mom gave me a yellow magnet that said "Oh Shit: I've turned into my mother." It was laughable then, and there were a few things that I realized I did just like she did. However, becoming a mother has made me realize all the more how I can be like her. Just tiny little things that make me think, "wow- that was very Margaret-like." So, this post, in honor of my mother, is all of our Thanksgiving decorations. I remember growing up she used to take pictures of everything- the birthday presents all lined up, the mantle at Christmas (which was the same year after year) and so on and so forth. I always thought this was a funny habit and probably made fun of her in my head, because I was nicer as a child and not as sarcastic so I didn't do it right to her face. Well, then I became a mom, and oh shit... I do the same thing now too! So here ya go...

This is flat out hilarious- Whit made it at school

Or N for Native American? 

Our thankful tree

Whit's cornucopia 

My fun little turkey

Back to the thankful tree... We started it the first day of Thanksgiving and it was so much fun. Whit wanted to do it every night and reminded us when we forgot. Here are some things he was thankful for:

Emmie and Happy

Mimi and Papa

Aunt Hayley and Uncle Graham Cracker

Jesus

T-man

Bear

Frog

York

Goldie

Clifford (our animals are so important)

Yorky Bear (the real one, not stuffed one)

Jesus' grace

Jack

Cousins

Mommy

Daddy

Claire

Aunt Leslie

School

Friends

All the doggies

God and His grace

Leaves

Last night after 2 Thanksgiving dinners I was thankful for stretchy pants. And if you are reading this blog, know that I am thankful for YOU!

Election Day

On election day, pre-k had a special election to see who their class would elect as President. The teachers showed the boys the pictures and THAT WAS IT. Can you believe the class unanimously voted for Obama?!?! Whit said he liked his face. One boy said he was smiling. One kid with curly hair liked him because Obama's dog had curly hair. So there you have it, pre-k'ers elected the president!

The class shown with the poling station

More Halloween Fun

Here are a few more from Halloween from my phone:

Whit and Joel at their pre-k party 

Harlan and Mrs. Kilgore

"Show me your angry face"

The Angry Bird knocking down the Piggy

Whit's Halloween basket- after about 5 houses he looked down and said "that's enough candy. Let's go home." Say what?!?! He's not my child.

Boo!

Halloween was FUN this year! I laughed... a lot. How could you not? You can dress your kids up and laugh at them! Major props to John this year- Whit insisted he be a yellow Angry Bird and he complied... for a bit anyway. At least we got great pictures. Whit wanted me to be a princess... hence the crown. If only I had a fabulous princess outfit like Kate Middleton. 

Pumpkins!!

Whit has been talking about getting pumpkins for a long time, and I finally went to get some. I'm so terrible! I've been meaning to get some for oh, about a month now, and decided it was time with Halloween pretty much here. The boys had fun picking out pumpkins.

Carving our pumpkin... T loved it, but Whit just wanted to play with the knives. 

Yeah... not a good idea.

Happy Fall

Before I show you cute pictures of my kids I thought I would let you know of a pet peeve. I'm SICK AND TIRED of "y'all". Have you noticed this trend? Happy Fall, y'all! Merry Christmas, y'all! Welcome, y'all! I don't know if I'm a yankee, but I'm so tired of this! Yes, I say it but no, I don't need to write it on everything. That's why the title is just Happy Fall... no y'all.

And now for pictures... this is from the Corn Maze we did with our Sunday School class. I mean, the Marks. It was us and Dan and Sam! Way to go, Veritas :)

Whit and Sam are ALL BOY. Can you tell?

Happy fall, everyone!