Happy Thanksgiving!

Meredith and I were sporting the same Thanksgiving hair-do.



We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We started the day with having my family come over to cook, which turned out to be a lot of fun. Jeremy didn't have any cooking to do, so he made his own fun taking pictures of himself.

Dingle Bells...

Jacob is so proud of himself. He knows all the words to Jingle Bells. Listen for yourself...

Fun with the Pascarella's

Jeremy and Josh went out to help Grandma and Grandad with the Christmas display, so the kids and I spent the day with the Pascarella's. They had a blast and were totally exhausted by the time we left. Jacob was begging to stay, though.

Jake's Preschool Thanksgiving Feast

There's nothing cuter than seeing a bunch of 3 and 4 year olds sing songs together! Jacob, however, looked like he would have rather been getting teeth pulled than up there with his classmates. When the performance was finished, I asked Jake why he wouldn't sing and he said it was because he was afraid that we would hear him. :)

Future Hockey Star

Maybe it's because I'm his mom, but in my opinion, Rudy has natural talent for any sport he tries. We played some hockey this morning and I was impressed!!! I told Jeremy that Rudy would make a great athlete and Jake would make a great coach. That kid loves to make up rules. He prefers to make up rules and tell you how to play the game rather than play it. :)

OMG! Jeremy is doing dishes!!!

I must give credit were credit is due...Jeremy is VERY helpful around the house. But, it's not often that I see him doing dishes, so I thought this picture had to go on the blog. :)

You'll notice that I'm wearing Jeremy's coat in the house...that's because he refuses to turn the heat up and I'm always FREEZING!!!!!!! At least our kids will have funny stories to tell when they grow up...kind of like the stories we all tell about how freakin' hot our houses were in the summer and our parents (you know who you are....) wouldn't turn on the a/c.

I believe Tammy has one of the best about her and her 3 siblings sleeping in the hallway in front of a box fan because they were so hot. :)

Happy 55th Birthday Grandpa!

Tonight we had a birthday dinner for Joe. Jacob, Rudy, and Joe always play so rough that by the time Joe leaves, Jacob can't breathe. We just finished up a breathing treatment and all is well. :)

Jake worked really hard wrapping his Grandpa's present. I'm pretty sure he used an entire roll of tape and about 30 pieces of construction paper.

We found tonight that...if Jake inhereted his Redneck tendencies from Amanda, he definitely got his amazing Nintendo skills from Meredith. She wouldn't allow us to take a video of her tongue hanging out and her leg involuntarily kicking around. (I'll get a good shot of her one of these days when she's not paying attention....Beware Meme....)

Just a side note.....Jake told me a funny story when I was putting him in bed...

According to Jake, if he drinks milk, then hair will be in his poop. It turns out that when I was at school this morning, Jacob got a piece of hair in his mouth (which normally causes a major scene in our house). Jeremy got him a drink of milk to wash it down, but Jake was worried that the hair would be in his stomach. Jeremy eased those worries by telling him that the hair would go into his poop. So......now it all makes sense! I love having conversations with a 4 year old! :)

P.S. I still can't figure out how to move around the pictures, so please excuse my messy, unorganized blog. :)