Thank ya.

We had a great THanksgiving! We celebrated early this year with the Conlin side which made travel on Thanksgiving so wonderful. The 5 mile drive to Mimi and Grampy's house was way less stressful than the years past in which we drive to NH/MA and back. I think this may start a tradition~

The weather has been just beautiful..can you believe it? It was actually nice to get outside this weekend and rake leaves in the sun! We also got to take Jake out to play and take walks on rides on his bike.

Jake has been coming up with some cute sayings.. when I asked him one morning last week to come to me so that I could put his shoes and socks on he looked at me dead serisouly and said "I'm not playing this game" How could I not laugh at that?

We have a visitor for the next month..he arrived the morning after Thanksgiving..Elf on the Shelf..otherwise known as "Elfie". He watches Jake and reports to Santa each night. The first morning he told us that "he looks like a statue, he is fake". Oh boy. We then read the book to him and explained who/what this Elf is all about. He then got it. After he ate some of his breakfast he turned to the Elf with his empty bowl and said "look elfie, I ate all my strawberries". Too cute. He has told Elfie every night that he wants a bicycle for Mommdy, Daddy and Jake.. ONE bicycle for the THREE of us. That would be a trip!

Jake is still in a crib. Its something I find myself feeling guilty about a lot lately. BUT, he sleeps in it happily and doesn't get out of it at all. What's that saying "if its not broken why try to fix it?". Ya..thats exactly how I feel. But..we will put him in his toddler bed soon. I am thinking after Christmas. We are so busy lately with finishing up the semester and various parties we have to attend in December..it can wait one month. ;)

Thankful..that is us once again this November. I can probably recite the same list I did last year..home, family, education, love, cars, friends, food etc. We have a good life and a great family..what is there to complain about? Not a whole lot..in the grand scheme of things we have it pretty good. :) Hope you all feel as blessed.

Hide and Seek

One of Jake's favorite games these days is Hide And Seek. He loves to hide but usually picks the same spots over and over..under the dining room table, next to a door, in the bathtub, etc. Last night we were playing and as I was counting and he was suppose to be hiding he ran up to me and said "Mommy, can you put the light on in the bathroom..I am going to hide in there". Welll Jake..how much fun is that for me to find you? lol. Or, if he does hide somewhere new he giggles until we find him. Another favorite game of his is Memory..but he doesn't like to flip the cards over. He likes them upright so you can see the pictures and make matches. Hopefully Santa will bring him a few new games for Christmas!

We are headed to MA on Saturday for lunch with The Conlin clan and will be in RI for Thanksgiving. Looking forward to a great holiday with family!

Slacking..

We've been clowning around...




One of Jake's new favorite pastimes is to take the camera and take pics of everyone..he is getting pretty good at it!


We have been slacking on the blog! November 1st! This is the month of Thanksgiving which means next month is the C word! How did Christmas sneak up so quickly?

California came and went..Alex and I had a great time. It was nice to be on that coast..but we did miss our little man. It was odd to walk down to Downtown Disney and see all the families and not have Jake with us. The park is open until 12 midnight and wow do people take advantage of the late night hours! There were kids passed out left and right on the shuttles coming back at night. Those were the moments we were happy not to have a child with us. But..we do hope to get Jake to Disney world someday soon.

Alex at the hotel..



Me at the Anaheim Garden Walk..


Halloween! Jake looked adorable in his Mickey outfit..on Sat afternoon we strolled downtown East Greenwich and practiced trick or treated. jake had a blast and even got to sit in the EG firetruck. He loved it..and then asked the fireman for candy. :)






On Monday we had a great time in Coventry trick or treating for real. Jake was so cute with his "trick or treat" or "Do you have a dog?" and then.. "Thank you...Happy Halloween". So cute!







One of his favorite parts of the night was when he got to give out candy..






Happy November!!