The Clarksons: November 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Picture A Day 11/30/11

I will enjoy carrying on the tradition of cookie making as your great-grandmother did with me. Today we made Christmas Tree cookies with M & M's as ornaments....yummy!!

Monday, November 28, 2011

Picture A Day 11/22/11-11/28/11

11/22/11:
Look what we made for Thanksgiving!

11/23/11: Today we had fun at Kid Zone....a bouncy house place!

11/24/11: Thanksgiving Day....you both loved being with your cousin Sammie!

The Thanksgiving feast table!

11/25/11: The day after Thanksgiving on a walk, you befriended our neighbor's grandkids.... we played there for over an hour!

11/26/11: Anna, you have a new found love for Mr. Potato Head. You hand me the pieces to put together and even can bring me the body parts I ask for!

11/26/11: And YOU, Eli, sorted out your toys by color...all on your own!

11/27/11: We had an afternoon at Paradise Park with daddy....he hasn't come with us in a long time!

11/28/11: After a couple weeks of being scared of baths....you decided they weren't so bad again!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Picture A Day 11/21/11

Thanksgiving Feast at preschool today!

Dancing to "If Your Happy & You Know It" Anna style!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Picture A Day 11/18/11

Spider-boy Eli!

Just the beginning of this last summer I was spotting you on this playset....what a big girl!!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Picture A Day 11/17/11

You were fond of this little guy a few weeks ago, too, Eli. I see a dog in our future....but not until you and Anna are older. Anna will be content with any animal, I think :)

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Picture A Day 11/16/11

Creating Christmas crafts together at Bass Pro....Let the holidays begin!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Picture A Day 11/15/11

What a BEAUTIFUL November we are having!! Enjoying our outside time!

Monday, November 14, 2011

You understand so much now, Anna! You may not have a big vocabulary yet, but you certainly know what is going on! Eli asked to be pushed and you ran over and did just that! Always so kind & helpful....and forgiving of your brother's rough nature ;)

Eli, you finally met our neighbor boy today and you were so excited! You both invented "throw the ball over the fence" game so you could play together but stay in your own yards. You then invited him over to our yard and his dad said once they returned from picking up his sister. Sadly, they didn't get home in time but you handled it well. You'll play with him soon, I'm sure ;)

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Picture A Day 11/13/11

The Clarksons 2011

Friday, November 11, 2011

Picture A Day 11/11/11

Enjoying our first afternoon at the zoo with our new pass! I see many fun times in the months to come :)

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Picture A Day 11/10/11

Here you are saying "Trim the sails!" as you pretend to sail your "ship". You got this phrase from your Grandpa Bidney...the avid sailor. Even though we don't see him as often as I would like, you still seem to have a great bond with him. Someday you'll be one of the crew of his ship!!

Here you are saying "woo, woo!" to the neighbor dog as he barks :)

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Picture A Day 11/9/11

Learning time with Daddy....you seem to have a good amount of patience for an almost 18 month old!

You are enjoying great-grandpa's keyboard! Maybe someday you will take lessons to learn to play....just like mommy!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

October Re-cap

October held the usual fun October traditions such as pumpkin patches, pumpkin carving, and trick-or-treating. But now we can add the yearly event of cousin Katelynn's birthday to the list! She turned the big ONE on October 26th and it was great to be there and partake in the fun party. PLUS, being that her birthday is around Halloween, we got to trick-or-treat in Iowa AND back here in Missouri so I am sure Eli would be super excited if THAT also became tradition ;) Below are pictures of the October happenings (in no particular order since blogger is uploading randomly :/)