Golfin'

Ok, not really, but Abby was having a lot more fun rolling down the hills on the golf course than
the golfers looked like they were having.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Fuzzy head

There is just no way to keep it down.

Turkey Art

As excitement for the holiday builds, Abby has been really into turkey art projects. Here she is posing with a few we did this week.

Deer!

Our new house has a much more wooded setting than our place in Falls Church, and we have been graced with frequent visitors in the backyard, including chipmunks, fox, woodchucks, and deer. A band of 5 deer have been chasing each other around the yards in our neighborhood all month, but this young deer appeared alone and, rather than just racing through, stopped and grazed in the yard for about 20 minutes. Benji and Abby were both fascinated by his presence (you probably can't make it out in the picture, but he has tiny antler buds):

Winter has arrived

After a very mild fall with many days in the 80s, the cold weather has hit like a ton of bricks. Benji does not seem to care for his snowsuit overmuch:




So, for the time being we have switched to a hat and warm sweatshirt. Not that he loves the hat, either:



For Abby, the cold, dry weather means static electricity. Check out what happens when she plays too close to the fuzzy blankets on the couch:

Tea Time

Last weekend, Abby decided that she really wanted to have a tea party (this may be due to our repeated readings of "The Best Tea Party Ever"). We spent the morning gathering up ingredients, and then she invited Julia and Maisie over to the house. The girls made popovers, cookie cutter tea sandwiches, and fruit caterpillars on skewers. I think the best part for Abby was drinking juice out of her tea set.




After tea was done, the girls ran downstairs to burn off all the sugar they consumed: