1st snow of the season.

• My new list: Hat check, gloves check, snowpants check, Coat Zipped checked all this times 3 . This is what snow means to me. It takes a lot longer to get out of the house. Oh well the boys really did enjoy the 1 st snowfall. Lance took them outside to make a snowman and snowforts. Henry was so excited because he learned how to make a snowball and likes to hit any moving target with them. That night when the boys went to bed Henry thanked his dad for teaching him how to make snowballs and snowmen. He can be the sweetest boy.

Festival of Trees

• Every Nov. the QCA has the Festival of trees to start the holiday season. This year like in years past we watch the parade in Lance's office (because it is to cold to be outside). This is the biggest balloon parade in the Midwest. It is our little Macy's day parade. Later in the week myself the boys and my mom went to check out the trees and watch the holiday train run. This year the Festival had games and crafts for the kids. Very fun time. Every year I try to get the perfect picture of the boys standing in front of one of the pretty trees and every year they do not cooperate. However this year I did get a pretty good picture with Santa. I need to crop the batman and spider man crocks out of if but I think they are all looking at the camera.

Thanksgiving

• Henry had a wonderful program called the Thanksgiving day feast. He sang songs with his preschool and then we had a nice meal of food his class had made. (cornbread, butter, and applesauce) You better be sitting for this. Henry tried cornbread and liked it. We now have a new food to fix. Yeah. Henry was in the front row however really didn't like to sing to much. He told us he is just to shy. How cute.





• We spent Thanksgiving day and Rich and Carole's house. We had a nice time just the 7 of us. The food was wonderful and be also watched old family videos. After dinner we went to Heather and Nathans house (Lance's cousin) to visit with them and Sarah and Jared who were in town from Vegas. The kids had fun playing with their 2ND cousins and us girls decided on where to shop on black friday. I know I am crazy for getting up at 3:30 in the morning to shop. We were done by 9:00 and then had breakfast.

Boat Races

• Jack had a big race for Cub Scouts this month. Grandpa Dick and Jack made the boat then painted it and put stickers on it. (The boat was a kit) The boys had to blow on the sails to get the boats to float down rain gutters. The 1st boat to the end of the rain gutter was the winner. We had a really fun time even though Jack did not win this year. However his boat look fantastic with lots of stickers.

Jack turns 7 and Charlie 4 months

• Hard to believe that on Nov. 10 our little jumping Jack turned 7 years old. He is a wonderful big brother and has many fun interests. Flags, Planets (star wars), trains and wii games to name just a few. This year we or I broke down and bought him one thing that he has always wanted. A Hawkeye shirt. I think he may have liked it better than the DS he asked for. For his celebration we went to Chuck E Cheese. Grandma and grandpa Landsness and grandma and grandpa Mueller joined us for pizza and fun.




• Jack also had a friend party. The theme this year was red, white, blue and American flags. We had fun playing games, having cupcakes and making ice cream sundaes. This year we even did a pinata in the basement. 11 little boys sure kept us on our toes. I think it took me a week to recover. HA HA



• Charlie turned 4 months old and is now able to eat cereal and baby food. It took some getting use to but he loves it now. He is a slow eater so finding time to feed him isn't always easy. Charlie is laughing and almost rolling over. He is sleeping through the night and is still very easy going.