Thanksgiving

One of my family's holiday traditions is to make lefse the week before Thanksgiving. Lefse is a Norwegian flat bread made from potatoes. We all take turns rolling out the dough with rolling pins that have been in our family for years. Then, they are placed on a very hot grill and flipped using special "lefse sticks." It's so exciting to see Ayden participating in a family tradition that means so much to me...and he's really good at it too! :)

Ayden rolling out some dough with Uncle Matthew & Grandma

We went to my Grandparent's house for Thanksgiving where my grandma had transformed the garage into a dining room so that we could all sit together, rather than having to split up and eat at multiple tables, like we usually do.

What a cutie pie!! This was before Daddy took a little post-dinner snooze!Doing a little bowling on the wii!and a little game of scattergories

On Saturday, we had another great Thanksgiving Dinner at my dad's house with that side of the family...We were so busy eating delicious food and playing games that I didn't take any pictures!

November

I can't believe that November is almost over! I've been bad about taking pictures lately, but here are a few...

We took advantage of the after Halloween clearances to add to Ayden's costume box.
Helping Daddy make some yummy homemade bread!

Halloween Fun!

We had a fun Halloween!

Mummy Dogs for dinner! We tried out a couple of Superman poses!

Then we were all ready for trick-or-treating...

Candy Candy Candy!!!

Halloween preparations

After last year, I decided that we (I) didn't want to take a ton of time carving pumpkins, so I found this super cute rub-on face at the craft store. It was SO easy and only took about 10 minutes - the perfect time for Ayden's short attention span. It's definitely something I'll do again, next year I'll look for a family of faces!

Ayden didn't miss out on carving pumpkins, though. My brother LOVES carving pumpkins and they invited Ayden over for a sleepover that included getting to help with the pumpkins!

It also included building a blanket fort, and I think, probably sleeping in it too!Ayden is so lucky to have such a loving Aunt and Uncle close by (and mommy and daddy are lucky too - we got a date night!)

I just realized that I didn't get a picture of Ayden dressed up to go to school yesterday. He wore his Buzz Lightyear costume because I didn't want his "real" costume to get dirty before Halloween.

Fourth Birthday - Round Two!

We had a family birthday party on Ayden's actual birthday. We did a brunch, so a big cake didn't seem like it fit. I decided to make cake pops instead that I saw here. They were quite difficult to make, but turned out cute and were pretty delicious!

The birthday boy!

He got lots of Toy Story 3 toys and Hot Wheels!

Second cousin Nate helping out with the presents.

Two pillow pets from Uncle Matthew & Aunt Dominique!!!

A yummy cake pop!

Ayden had lots of fun with Uncle Matthew and his new Nerf gun!!

Aunt Sarah, Uncle John, Gerret & Anneke sent some fun movies and a shirt just like Gerret's!!

Four Years Old

Well, my baby is now four years old! I can't even believe how much time flies. He is so much fun lately - smart, funny, independent, and so much more. He's starting to try to read a little bit, which is so fun. He has the best memory - which is sometimes a good thing, and sometimes not. He makes us laugh every day with the stuff he says and his outlook on the world! Happy Birthday Ayden!

Fourth Birthday - Round One!

Ayden had his first "friend" birthday party this year at Flip 2 It sports center. It was so much fun for the kids and fantastic that mommy could sit back, watch and take pictures.

Ayden with a couple of his buddies from school.

They had this thing called the bungee that took the kids way up in the air - the kids loved it!!Pretty proud of my cupcakes!!

Happy Fourth Birthday to my little man!