Thanksgiving

Bryan’s parents and Greg and Taylor visited for Thanksgiving. It was great having them here and we did a lot of fun things together.

Taylor read lots of books to Norah We went to the JFK museum – here we are on the grassy knoll We also went to see Bryan’s building And then we crossed the street to go see the Neiman Marcus holiday tunnel and window displays. The girls went through the tunnel 3 times each I think. Grandpa Guy and Mimi took Norah and Alice to see Frozen – it was Alice’s first time at a movie theater and only Norah’s second. They loved it. The next day we went to the Dallas Zoo. Notice Norah is wearing her cowgirl hat. We also went to the arboretum and the new Children’s Garden. This is in the tree house. It was so wonderful to have family in town and we hope they come back soon!

Alice’s Pony Party

This year Alice turned 2 on Thanksgiving Day and Bryan’s family was in town to help us celebrate both. As soon as the girls woke up Mimi gave them each a stick horse. They were huge hits and kept the girls busy while we prepared Thanksgiving. Once we put the Turkey in the oven we took a walk down the street to visit two horses named Lady and Nacho. We fed them a Thanksgiving feast of apples and carrotsThe birthday party might have been spoiled if Grandpa Guy hadn’t been there to correctly show us how to feed horses without losing fingers. We didn’t think we could count on the girls to hold their hands out flat so we taught them to toss the apples and carrots to Lady and Nacho instead After Thanksgiving lunch it was time for the birthday girl to take a nap and we started decorating the house and cake for her party. Susan made Alice this special birthday table clothWhen Alice woke up we played Pin the Tail on the Horsey In this picture you can see the cute birthday banner Susan made for us Then we read a book about horses and then it was time for birthday cake (or apple pie). Alice knew exactly what to do because she’s been to several birthday parties and she blew out her candle before we were done singing – although I think she tried to wait as long as she could stand it. Alice received many nice presents – including a doll with a foal, a set of miniature horses and a back pack.

Family Photos

We had family photos taken but unfortunately I don’t think we got a good one of all four of us. Not that I blame the photographer – I blame the kids;)