The week before Thanksgiving, your gymnastics class had a special night for friends and family to come and watch you. Aunti Judi and Uncle Jim joined Daddy, you and me… Here are some of those picture highlights:

Can you see the little girl jumping in the background? That is my little free spirit!! I wouldn’t want you to be any other way!!

Here are a couple random fall pictures:

Finally, just before Thanksgiving we went to a kids’ play with a bunch of our friends (people I work with and their kids). It was a puppet show of Leo Lionni’s Swimmy, Frederick, and Inch by Inch. After the play, the two puppeteers answered kids’ questions and showed us how the puppets worked. My favorite part of the play were the opening announcements. They said, “Some of you may know these stories, and you might get the urge to yell out what’s going to happen next to help us out. That is just fine. This is a non-shushing play.” 🙂 Cool, huh? Anyway, here are a couple pictures from our afternoon with Simon, Margo, another Maya, her brother Hugh, Delilah and their parents.

Oma and Opa and Uncle Mark, Aunti Bi and Baby Cousin Niklas (just over 7 months old) ALL came to stay in OUR HOME last week for Thanksgiving!! We had SUCH a marvelous time! You gave up your “cozy bed” and slept in what you call your “special bed,” a toddler bed we purchased for just such an occasion. We had a wonderful time together – cooking meals, going for walks, shipping, exploring the museum, and having movie night!

Here are some picture highlights from the events:

That’s your sweet little hand arranging your “fowler.” You really do melt my heart.

We also used the opportunity to celebrate Uncle Mark’s birthday!!