November Little Things

We started our Thanksgiving with a little family fun run around our neighborhood loop.

 

We watched bits and pieces of the Thanksgiving Day parade while getting the food ready. It was all delicious.

We had a yummy Apple Cranberry Pie and Black Bottom Banana Coconut Pie for dessert. 

She's pretty proud of this dam she built at the Science Center

We took an evening to get food together to put in one of the Ithaca food pantries that are around town.

Set up the Christmas tree.

Went on a Science Center mini golf date with B.

After playing mini-golf we went inside the Science Center for a few minutes. We had a lot of fun playing with ice cubes in front of the infrared camera. Cold spots=dark

Darin is usually the one to take Shae to soccer since it's right around baby's bedtime, but I was able to go a couple weeks ago and just loved watched Shae do his soccer drills and play his min-game. I'm so proud of how hard he has worked on his soccer skills and it makes my heart swell to see him enjoying it so much.

Shae's natural habitat these days:

We made ourselves a little charcuterie platter for election night date night. Little did we know at the time that we would have to wait days to finally hear the results. Those were some long days, with long nights (mostly for Darin, who kept saying things like, "I think they are about to call Michigan" :). 

Finally getting the election news and watching the first female Vice President speak was pretty special.

Belén is always doing "Belén art hub" and wants me to take pictures of her just like we did when we were abroad doing all of the Art for Kid Hub challenges. 

                        

                    One evening, Belén was taking an especially long time in the bathroom. She finally yelled, mom come look at me. She was completely naked with her hair covered in bows. It was a pretty silly sight.