Paige's class had a Thanksgiving pizza party on her birthday. Douglas, Michael, and I got to go in and celebrate with her.
She brought ice cream for her birthday treat. 
She loved having the whole class (and most of their parents) sing to her!
Here is one of her little friends. 
With one of her teachers.
Paige turned six on the 19th! She is such a sweet, smart girl!
She got the Bitty Twins for her birthday this year!
She got to invite all of her friends over for a doll party where they had doll-sized treats (mini cookies, mini fishies, etc, and tiny cupcakes), lots of Chick-fil-A nuggets, played games with their dolls, and made matching necklaces for their dollies. I think they all had fun!
Ashley was the student of the month for November! Our county has a value of the month that the teachers talk about with the students and then choose one child who best represents that value to be the student of the month. In November, the word was honesty and Ashley was chosen by her teacher! James and I got to go to an awards breakfast where she got a medal and a book written by her class about her. We're so proud of her :) We've had some excitement this week... James went out of town Sunday, so I went to church by myself, brought the Nursery snack, and taught the Young Women's lesson. We got home and I was pretty exhausted already. About five minutes after we got home, I heard a door slam and Michael scream. Apparently, Ashley wanted some privacy in the bathroom and Michael kept trying to get in. Unfortunately, his thumb was in the little hole that the door shuts into when the door was shut. I called James at the airport and he suggested neosporin and a bandaid. I didn't think he understood the severity of the situation over the phone (the ripped-off thumbnail and the gushing blood, especially), so we all loaded in the car and rushed off to Urgent Care where they took x-rays and said it was broken and put some foam thing on it to stop all the bleeding. Michael charmed all the nurses and was entertained by Paige with a blown-up glove for a really long time.
We went to the orthopedist yesterday and he said it's broken, but it will heal just fine and he put another splint and a bandaid on it. I'm not sure if I trust him, but the pediatrician called today to check on him, so I think I might go in and see what they think.
Here's my sweet little guy:
I can't do a post without a picture of cute little Douglas!
We're back from trick-or-treating! We went with our favorite witch and Cleopatra this year. I'm wondering what in the world to do with all this candy...there's no way Michael and I should be left alone in the house with it tomorrow!!
This is the only group shot I got and it's fuzzy :( Notice Maisy their dog is also in costume! 
Douglas had a festive hat thanks to his cousins! Here are the moms and the babies, though Natalie won't be a baby much longer!
We went to our church trunk-or-treat and had a great time! We got there just in time for the candy and stayed late playing on the fun playground!
Michael was in heaven! He couldn't believe everyone kept giving him more and more CANDY!!
Paige with Jaryn, the cute girl who volunteered to help me keep track of my kids in that long line up of trunks!
My parents got Douglas this cute bear when he was born. I decided to take his picture with it once a week and see how much he's growing. He's four weeks old now and has changed quite a bit already!
He smiled and coo-ed at me for the first time last night. He has smiled unintentionally before, but this one was a full-on, look me in the eye, coo and smile at me! What a big boy! 
