Thanksgiving

The whole family was together for Thanksgiving so that made it extra special.  (Craig, Maria, Julia, Ethan, Grayson, Liam, Oma, Paul, Bryan)  We made our special crepes for breakfast to start off the day.  We had fun preparing all the dishes and the appetizers.  For appetizers we had meat, cheese, crackers, chips and french onion dip, chips and guacamole, assortment of chocolates and nuts, cream cheese poppers and grapes.  For Thanksgiving dinner we had turkey, ham, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts, green bean casserole, frozen cranberry salad, crescent rolls, pumpkin pie, chocolate cake (Julia, Grayson and Liam prepared this) and apple pie.  We had a nice time eating food and spending time together.  We are so blessed to have such a special family.

Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner at RPM Italian

We went to RPM Italian with Julia, Ethan, Sam (Craig's business partner in Michigan) and Francesca Munaco on Thanksgiving Eve Eve.  We had a delicious family style dinner and had a great time!

Grayson & Liam - Monthly Recap

Monthly Recap:

Marta always snaps great pictures of the boys.  She caught the cutest smile from Liam and the park.  Grayson got dinosaur eggs for his birthday and had to put the rock in water and use a chisel to get to the dinosaur.  He made a bat pumpkin in his after school story program.  Liam got a cute craft present for his birthday and he had fun putting the dinosaur together.  He even snapped a selfie with his hat on.  Grayson is learning so much in school.  He has learned how to write his name and is learning the alphabet.  He always asks me what each word beings with and will try to guess and sound it out.  We love his new school and that he is learning so much.  He wrote me the cutest card that said he loved me and drew a picture of us.  Melted my heart.  What a sweet, cute and loving little guy.  They both are!  The last couple pictures are of my boys and show their cute personalities.  They both have the best smiles.  Finally, we got their school pictures.  They are so cute!!  I was a little upset we didn't get to pick from several poses because I know they can take way better pictures, but we loved them anyway.  

Halloween

Halloween was bitter cold this year so we made it out, but didn't stay out very long.  Oma handed out candy while the boys, Craig and I went out trick-or-treating.  We probably walked 2-3 blocks if that and made a pit stop at Dina's house.  The boys had fun dressing up as Lightening McQueen.  Craig and I were Batman and Batwoman.  Hopefully we will have nicer weather next year.  

Grayson's Halloween Party

Grayson was Lightening McQueen for Halloween.  They had a parade at school so Oma and I braved the freezing cold and watched it.  He was so excited to see us that it made it so worth it.  We literary couldn't feel our toes, but the look on his face when he saw us was priceless.  Afterwards we went to his class party and had fun with all the kids.  They had pumpkin painting, games, snacks and a Halloween story.     

Liam's Halloween Party

We went to Liam's tot class for his Halloween party.  We had fun spending time with him and his class.  They decorated Halloween bags, hit a piñata and exchanged candy.  Liam was so happy to see us and had fun hitting the piñata.  It was so nice to have Oma there with us.     

Halloween Party - Primitive

Craig's client and friend Ross and his wife Tricia invited us to a Halloween Party at Primitive.  It was 4 levels of fun.  We waited until the last minute to get our costumes so we ended up with cheap Batman and Batwoman costumes from Party City.  We had fun dressing up and the party was amazing.  They had lots of food, entertainment and dancing.  We ran into some other superheroes, Superman and Wonder Woman.  We started talking to them and figured out that she works with my good friend Amanda.  Such a small world.