Grayson & Liam ~ November Photos

Here are the November photos:

I found some old artwork from Grayson and Liam - they made these when we were on a trip back in August.  It was so sweet to find them.  Craig had covid in October (tested positive on Oct 26th), but the rest of us did not get it. It was a long two weeks in quarantine, but we made the best of it.  Craig was so sweet and sent flowers to thank me for taking care of him.  Marina took the boys to a fun new park nearby so they had fun climbing trees.  Sophie has been cuddling more with the boys, but usually it's growling followed by kissing/licking.  We need to work more on this as we know she loves the boys, but has a love/hate relationship with them.  I captured some cute pictures of Sophie and Liam cuddling.  Grayson hit his head on the kitchen table and cut it open.  Our poor little guy had a big cut, but he was very brave.  He then posed for some cute pictures for me.  I love these boys so much! 

Decorating the Christmas Tree

We got out our Christmas decorations on Sunday, November 29th after getting home from Miami on Friday night.  We realized we were due for a new tree, but decided to wait until after the holiday to get a new one.  We played Christmas music, set the tree up, decorated the tree and had fun checking out all the old ornaments.  We also set up the decorations around the house including the pre-lit garland with bows.  We had Fertile update our planters for the holidays and set up our outside garland and lights.  We dressed up Sophie in her Mrs. Claus outfit, but she was not very into it.  The boys had fun making silly faces for the camera so it was fun capturing those special moments, although they kept asking when we would be done.  I love continuing our holiday traditions and hope to create many more as a family.  We are so lucky to be healthy, safe and happy.        

Thankful boys

Grayson and Liam did a Thanksgiving craft with a turkey, feathers and wrote the things they are thankful for.  Liam is thankful for God, Jesus, Family, toys, food and friends.  Grayson is thankful for God, Jesus, toys, bible, family and food.  Liam and Marina did another craft for Thanksgiving that said Happy Thanksgiving.  The boys had fun making new memories. 

Thanksgiving in Miami

We went to Miami for Thanksgiving and stayed at the Lowe's Hotel.  Overall we had a nice time in Miami and had a lot of nice dinners.  The hotel we stayed at was very dirty and disappointing, but I'm sure some of that is due to covid.  The Ross family also came to Miami as well as both dogs (Coco and Sophie).  Our au pair Marina also came with us so it was so nice to have all of us together (espcially because Marina knows Logan and Paxton Ross from other famliy trips we took in April/May/June).  We spent most days by the pool or beach and then had nice dinners as a family.  We had a very nice dinner at Prime Italian on Saturday (sat outside).  The dogs got to go with us and actually did pretty well.  Sunday we had dinner at Nobo, which was amazing.  We also had dinner at a Cuban place, Yardbird for Thanksgiving, ate at the hotel one night and did Joe's Stone Crab for date night.  It was always fun after dinner going to our room and playing games with everyone on the switch.  We have several games under the You Don't Know Jack umbrella which we love to play.  (even Grayson was into it this time).  We always have a great time with the Ross family.