Happy Thanksgiving!

Yesterday, I decided to bake some Thanksgiving cookies with Rian. She had a blast! We made some dough, rolled it out, and made a huge mess with the flour before cutting out the Thanksgiving shapes and putting them in the oven!



Here they are ready to go into the oven!
Rian waited patiently as the cookies baked. She was really excited to decorate them and would keep the sprinkles within her reach at all times :)

I gave Rian a little kiddie knife and she loved spreading the frosting. Here is the final product. Not bad for her first time!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! This is my favorite holiday of the year and although I'm sad we won't be celebrating it with family, I'm excited to be with our new friends here. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

"Pops" and Ice Cream

One afternoon, my mom and I decided to take the kids on a drive up to McCall, Idaho (kind of a ritzy, touristy town). We found this yummy ice cream shop. This is Rian's first experience with ice cream, I guess you can say, she likes it!

We decided to give the kids some popsicles (or pops as they call it) after dinner and BEFORE bath! We will not be doing that again! It was a mess, but the kids loved it :)

What a Mess!

So Miss Independence wants to feed herself all the time. But she isn't so good with the fork or spoon yet, so we usually have a huge mess to clean up afterwards. Last night she said enough of this using a utensil, and just went straight for the bowl instead! We thought it was pretty cute!

What a great picture!