November: Proxy, preschools, Thanksgiving, Christmas decor, and Kronk

November was filled with all kinds of activities.


Proxy

I played "proxy mom" for a friend one night and attended a band banquet with her children (she was out of town taking care of a new grand-baby).  I love J's face she made for the camera.

Preschool

Hannah had some Thanksgiving day preparations at her preschool.  She loved wearing her "crown."

Another one of Hannah's preschools (her co-op) had fun with their Thanksgiving party too.  They made "boats" and ran around the gym.  It was adorable.

Hannah is still getting tuckered out with no naps.

Thanksgiving

We hosted Thanksgiving this year with a few members of Nathan's family.  It's been a VERY long time since either of us has been with family during Thanksgiving so it was really nice and fun.  It was my first time doing a turkey and it turned out amazing.  Thanks mom for the advice.

It snowed ALL day before Thanksgiving which caused some travel delays for our visitors.

Despite the many inches of snow that came it meant that we had a white Thanksgiving this year, which was beautiful.

Hannah was very excited about family coming to visit because it meant she got to play with Uncle Dale again.

We got to Skype with the rest of Nathan's family.  Technology is so great!

We took the Pikes on a tour of Penn State and took some pictures at the Nittany Shrine.

We also went out to lunch and at the restaurant we noticed this funny picture of a little kitty on the Nittany Shrine.  We thought it was funny.

Christmas Decor

We gave Hannah one of her birthday presents early so that she could enjoy it earlier.  She fell in love with her tree.  She's been asking for a star so we're getting one for her birthday (shh).

Hannah also had fun decorating our big Christmas tree.  Can you tell which parts of the tree she decorated?

Hannah found my childhood Santa doll and started snuggling up to it already.

Kronk

Nathan's family brought Kronk a present -- catnip -- and he enjoyed it for a a while.

He also enjoyed playing in the boxes from getting the Christmas stuff out.

He was also very intrigued about Hannah's new tree.

Since winter is approaching and the temperatures are dropping, Kronk has started to find/take advantage of the space heaters in the house to get nice and cozy despite how uncomfortable it may be for others.