Thanksgiving Week

Thanksgiving week was spent with Isaac's best buddy (& cousin), Madeline, in Gastonia. And boy did we ever have fun. We had a week full of fun activities. We ventured to Hickory to see Oma and Opa, the mall to see Santa, and to Ikea for a meatball lunch! And that's just to name a few things.

Now, let's keep in mind that these two kiddos are two-year olds. So, we had our rough spots too, but overall it was a great week and a lot of great memories were made.

Watching Elmo...

Hanging out on the deck...

Visiting Santa... Madeline is scared of Santa, but we made progress this week. Opa got it all started with fun stories about Santa. Isaac kept working on it by telling Madeline that Santa "is really nice. He has candy and cookies in his pockets!" At the mall, I convinced her that Santa couldn't leave the fence (like a dog) and we stood there together and snapped the following picture. Then we walked up and got a candy cane right out of his hand...but that pushed our luck just a bit and there were a couple tears that welled up but no screaming!! Progress Woohoo!!

Isaac and Audrey with Santa...

Isaac and Madeline had quite the busy couple of days leading up to Thanksgiving...and it won't be long before Audrey is following right behind them both. It's fun to watch them learn and grow together!