Happy Thanksgiving!

We all had another great Thanksgiving in Capitola. Check out the Flickr page for pictures of Eloise kickin' it with Aunt Doreen and Owen chilling out with Uncle Mike. Eloise had lots of fun with cousins extraordinaire Arabella, Madeline and Elias. Owen had a smile contest with Great Grandma. Grandma Liz and Aunt Susan pulled together a huge Thanksgiving dinner like they've done it a million times before (which they have). And a special 'thank you' to Uncle John from me for the berry pie (my favorite!)

little helper

Eloise never ceases to amaze me with her desire (sometimes insistence) to help out. Here you see her doing laundry. She also likes gardening, cooking dinner, washing dishes and cleaning up in general. Yay Eloise!

real smiles!

Owen has been smiling real smiles the last week or two. We all take turns trying to see who can get the biggest smile out of him. It's a pretty easy game (as he seems to be a pretty smiley guy) and we all end up laughing!

keeping busy

We've been keeping busy busy busy these days. Eloise has been working on her "growing flowers" project and her "raking leaves" project. She's been doing millions of drawings, practicing writing the letter E, writing shopping lists, washing dishes and sweeping the floor with her own Eloise sized broom. We've even been organizing her toys!




Meanwhile, Owen has been keeping busy with his "wiggling and looking around" project and of course, his eating, sleeping, peeing and pooping projects. Oh! I almost forgot - a couple of weeks ago Owen spent the afternoon modeling for a real professional photographer. Take a look at her great photos of Owen here. Thank you Laura!