calendar girl - november

November 2011 - 5 months old.

halle, you are one happy little thing.  i seriously think you might be the happiest and best baby ever.  EVER.

all the teachers at school even tell me that!  we love you more and more each and every day.  your big sister totally adores you!  she's always concerned on thursdays when i pick her up for dance class and we leave you at school so daddy can pick you up. one week she said, "mommy i like dance class but i don't like leaving my sister at school."  you really are her very best friend, and i can only hope it stays that way forever!  

 

this is a new face you started making while i was taking your picture.  it's hysterical! 

you still just have a tiny little puff of hair on top...one day it will come it.  it only took your sister 2 1/2 years to get hers.  ha! 

we love you just the way you are hal pal!  

happy 5 months!

we are thankful

I had really high expectations of doing a thankful tree this year, but the actual tree never made it up.  We did, however, follow through with naming something we were thankful for each day.  I made little pieces of paper to fit into our countdown calendar pockets and we wrote one thing Addi was thankful for each night after dinner.  I was proud that we actually remembered to do it!

Here is what Addi's completed list looked like:

1. olivia

2. baby halle

3. mommy & daddy

4. lulu & poppy

5. bailey

6. maddie the dog

7. my lovie

8. milk

9. medicine

10. my little lamp (aka night light)

11. mimi & papa 

12. my rocking chair

13. trevor & jackie

14. my room

15. cornbread

16. my house

17. dance class

18. my big girl bed

19. my boomer sooners

20. music

21. my friends at school

22. eating at mazzio's

23. going to ardmore

24. thanksgiving

It took a few days but I think she finally caught on and understood what it meant to be thankful for something or someone.  Once I started explaining it, I realized that it's kind of a hard concept for them to understand.  I loved watching her face as she thought hard about what she was thankful for each night.  It was a fun activity and we'll definitely do this again next year!

thanksgiving

Our thanksgiving morning started out with parade watching with lulu...

and playing on the pallet... 

  The highlight of Addi's thanksgiving was learning to cast her princess fishing pole into Poppy's pool.  It was a beautiful day and she spent forever out there! She really did a great job, too!

Poppy was in absolute HEAVEN!!

I tried my very hardest to get a sister picture, but it was just complicated. I can't imagine having more kids for several reasons, but I really don't know how parents of 3+ kids ever get a picture where they're all looking at the camera, much less smiling.  Geez.

Since Trevor and Jackie moved to Ardmore, this year Jackie's sister Valerie came from NYC and her parents and grandparents came down from Collinsville.  Addi thought it was pretty cool that her sister was Hal Pal and Jackie's sister was Val Pal.  

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Friday morning started with dress up and hi-pad playing:

Pancake making with LuLu: 

That would be a purple butterfly pancake with pink sprinkles! She wouldn't change out of her third tutu of the morning so she opted for a bib so she wouldn't get it sticky!

And look at this sweetie.  She makes my heart melt!