November

November was a pretty busy month for us.  Paige and Virginia learned how to tie their shoes, Cousins Chuck and Rick came to visit, we celebrated Mommy's birthday and we went to Tennessee for Thanksgiving.  We kept busy and had a lot of fun.

Daddy giving a shoe tying lesson to Paige and Virginia.  At this point Virginia had already learned how to tie her shoes so Paige wanted to learn.  This one good lesson from Daddy and she had it mastered!

It's always fun with Chuck and Rick come to visit.  We hadn't seen Chuck since Pops' retirement party and hadn't seen Rick since well before that, so it was great to see them both.  We went to Mimi and Pops' house and had dinner with them Friday night and then we all went out to dinner Saturday night.  Chuck and Rick were nice enough to bring gifts for the girls, too.  They brought them a sticker making set and some Play-Doh.  Thank you, Chuck and Rick!

Virginia being shy while Rick and Chuck are ready to give her a gift.

Mommy, Paige, Chuck, Rick, Virginia and Daddy at dinner at Clydes.

Just after the weekend Chuck and Rick came to visit Mommy celebrated her 35th birthday.  After dinner the night of her birthday we opened presents and posed for pictures.

Virginia, Mommy and Paige on Mommy's birthday

Kisses from my two favorite girls!

We also celebrated Mommy's birthday and Dee's birthday with Dee, Dude, Mimi and Pops the following Saturday with lunch at a Japanese steakhouse and dessert at Dee and Dude's house.

Virginia with her fancy drink at lunch.

 Dee and Paige with her fancy drink.

 The cake that Paige and Virginia decorated for Dee and me.

 Paige and Virginia watching Dee open her card.

 Virginia and Paige got gifts, too- Little Red Riding Hood and Butterfly costumes that Dee got on sale after Halloween.  They love them!

Thank you for the wonderful birthday celebration, Dee and Dude!  It was lots of fun!