Gaines Family ThankMas

All of the brothers and their families were in town
this week to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas
as well.  There was lots of fun to be had with
this house full of kiddos! We took the chance
to exchange gifts with the cousins.  Then there were
sleepovers and also a group trip to the movies (Avery
did not go to the movie as she is still a little restless
with movie watching)

Happy Thanksgiving

For Thankgiving Day we traveled to Pop Pop and
Ms. Judy's house to eat lunch.  Uncle Jake and Mariah
were there as well as Baby Jackson and Judy's son
Brian.  The food was yummy and we spoiled Jackson
while we were there!

More Art with Gram

Gram bought a nativity set for each grandchild
to paint - Aaron chose the baby Jesus and Avery chose
a donkey.  They did a great job on them.  Even Mommy
painted a shepard but forgot to get a picture.

Thanksgiving Break Art Camp

Aaron attended a thanksgiving break art camp at
a local gallery with his best bud Jackson.  The boys
did a great job on their Christmas Owl paintings. 

He has requested to do another art camp during the
Christmas break as well.

Arts and Crafts with Pop Pop & JuJu

Pop Pop and Ms Judy came to keep the kids
while Andrew and I went to my last craft
show of the season.  They brought along
an arts and craft project for the kids...hand print
ornaments.  I think they turned out great!

Christmas Pictures

We took Christmas pictures this weekend-
I know it is not December yet but I couldn't
wait to post.  I think they came out cute!

Avery loves to do her "cheese" smile!

Birthday Past and Present

His "Birth" Day

1st Birthday

2nd Birthday

 



3rd Birthday

4th Birthday

 

5th Birthday

 

6th Birthday

Sleepover sucess!

Aaron's birthday sleepover was a success! The boys
were well behaved and were asleep by 10pm!

Happy 6th Birthday to my Aaron!

Aaron's actual birthday isn't for another 2 weeks but
I have been so busy with craft shows and Andrew with
studying-- we opted for an early birthday party.  This
year we went low key-- just family and a few friends.

We didnt have a "theme" however I would say it was
more of an "uncle Christopher" themed birthday b/c
Aaron wanted an air force cake and he requested a new
uncle Christopher shirt to wear the day of the party. We
also promised him a sleepover with 2 friends and we
are taking him to toyrus to pick out something he wants.

Cell phone photos

JJ the beta fish

Aaron was selected as star student in his class this
month as I mentioned earlier in the blog.  For being
selected star student he received a free Raising Canes
kids meal and the local pet store gives a gift certificate
for a free beta fish!  Meet JJ our star student's new beta
fish! 

Homecoming Parade

The homecoming parade rolled through main street
on Friday afternoon... Elizabeth and Spencer joined
us for the fun and candy catching.

A few more pictures

These pictures are from Aunt
Hollie's camera.... The first is at the
girl's dance party and the others are
from David's last baseball game...

My girl makes the cheesiest faces!

 

I'm still in awe of how long Avery's hair is--- this night I didnt
pull it back up... she kind of looks like cousin IT!

Happy Halloween!

Our orginal plan was to go to the
church down the street for their trunk or
treat and then visit our favorite neighbors for
more trick or treating--- however-- it was
pouring! So we opted for pizza at home
with family and then the local yogurt shop was
offering free yogurt for the kids!  On the way
home we did let Aaron run out in the rain to
get some candy from our neighbors.... they
sure did load him down with candy since
no one else had visited them earlier in the
evening!

Character dress up day and school

Our handsome boy choose to be Uncle
Christopher for character dress up day...
he sure does look handsome in that
uniform!

Halloween Party at Dance Class

Avery and Brooklyn had a halloween party at
dance class this week. The girls could wear their
costumes and they had goodies to eat.  We think they
all looked so cute!