Early Thanksgiving

We went to Dave's parents' house two weekends ago (yes, I'm that far behind). His sister and nephew were in town, so we all got together and had an early Thanksgiving. It was great spending time with everyone. Grandma had surgery a few weeks ago and has to ice her shoulder. Here are the three big kids sitting with her and enjoying a movie together!

Since there were so many helping hands around, they decided to help put up the Christmas decorations outside. The kids enjoyed the extra time outside. Here they are helping Grandma get the snowman just right.

Pretty in pink!

Checking out the reindeer....

And they're off!!!!!

My big monkey....Benjamin is enjoying his new strength and length and that he can climb trees sometimes.

Where'd they go?

I told them to smile and say "tree!" which totally confused them.

Here's my little monkey and his new hat. He actually loves this hat. When it comes off, he grabs it and hugs it to his face and smiles at the little monkey face. :)

He's Daddy's (or should I say Da Da's) Monkey too!

He will now hand me a monkey or point to one and say "Ah, Ah!" or he'll respond with this if I ask what a monkey says.

Boys will be boys.....

and Anna will be a stinker......

Here's a better shot of his cuddly little hat.....

Collin loves leaves! Just watch out....he'll try to eat them! (He bit off a little piece of a wipe the other day and swallowed it.....scared this Momma!)

The little boys watching the big boys being silly....

We put all the grandkids in their Halloween costumes and did a costume parade to surprise Grandma. Poor Luke wasn't a fan of his costume and ended up being more of a Tarzan than a leopard. Still pretty cool to get all six grandkids together and mostly happy for a picture!