Santa Train

We recently were invited to join Mia Mae and the Fix kids on the Santa Train! The train left from North Bend and went to the town of Snoqualmie (about 2 miles). When we arrived we got to meet Santa- Charlotte was super excited until the moment it was her turn to sit on Santa's lap. It was quite the adventure, but this is one fun group to hang out with- so a good time was had by all.

Warming our Toes!

When I am cold and too tired to take a nice hot bath, I often put my feet in the sink to warm up.  Recently, I took the time to pull out this foot bath that I got for Christmas last year, and Charlotte was SOOOOOO excited.  She pulled up this stool and jumped right in!

This week we hit record breaking cold temperatures- 16 degrees- so our toes have certainly been cold!  No precipitation, so no snow, but let me tell ya... it is cold!

The Stocking

Christmas Carousel

We visited downtown Seattle after Thanksgiving to enjoy the window shopping, holiday cheer, and lights. Charlotte of course loved the Christmas Carousel! She wasn’t so sure at first- this was her first time on a carousel- but of course by the end, didn’t want it to end.

“Bye Bye Horse!”

Raking Leaves

By Christmas time, usually we have had enough wind storms that all the leaves are long gone… but this year- although it is cold… there are still leaves left. Charlotte and Christian insisted on going outside to play at the Hoovers. We adults were so cold that we watched them from just inside the back door!

Lovin' Laundry?

She is such a busy girl these days… I figured… I might as well make the most of that “I wanna do it” spirit! Charlotte loves helping with the laundry. The only problem is that once everything is folded, she immediately tried to dump it all back into the dirty laundry bin!

Thanksgiving 2009

The Holidays are here!  We kicked off Thanksgiving day with the Macy's Parade!  Charlotte loved it!  After a while I got started cooking in the kitchen, and Charlotte would run in to tell me what was going on in the parade... "Momma!!!  It's Chari BOWN (Charlie Brown)!!" ... or.. "MOMMA!!  It's Mickey, It's Mickey!  YEAH!"  Sooo cute!

For dinner, we had a pretty quiet evening at our home with Charlotte's Auntie Lindsay, her boyfriend Andy, Uncle Sean, Grandpa Coury and six dogs... ok maybe "quiet" wasn't the right word.  My dad (Grandpa Coury) brought his two dogs and 3 puppies (from a recent litter) over to play.

 I was feeling quite maternal this week, which was good, because I did almost all the cooking myself!  Everything turned out great... including the turkey which I brined over night! 

Yeah, Thanksgiving Dinner is almost ready!

I perfected my mash potatoes last week, and they were a hit at Thanksgiving dinner!  Yum!