Happy Thanksgiving!

 Yikes! I have a lot to catch up on! It has been a busy month of November and now December! We had the best Thanksgiving in Kiawah, but before that, I wanted to catch up on some of the everyday stuff. Here is Beckett disguising his turkey before Thanksgiving. He chose Batman!

 Pre-K has been a little bit of a struggle for Beckett. He is having a hard time learning his letters and with symbol recognition. We have a wonderful tutor at Walker he meets with him 3 times a week and he has made so much progress! While Jackson has his hitting lesson, I try to play teacher with some resources that our learning specialist friend Brandy gave us.

 Staring contest!

 Beckett has made a lot of friends in Pre-K, so we have been hitting the birthday party circuit! Here he is at Champion Kids. He chose to be Superman today.

 Beckett played Fuse flag football and LOVED it!

 Look who started riding his bike without training wheels!

 Beckett had to make a mask for "Where the Wild Things Are." He sure is my sweet wild thing!

 We have had lots of fun with friends. Here are the boys enjoying a little ice cream treat at Mommy's old stomping grounds!

 Daddy wanted some new boots for his birthday so we headed to real cowboy boot store. The boys found some new hats....

 Davie Crocket!

 Finished up Fuse football. He loves getting his trophy at the end!

 Jackson had to make his own Macy's Day parade float for school. He is really into penguins right now so made Cheeky into a float.

 They had to make their idea out of construction paper first and then they could put their float together.

 This is what he thought Cheeky would see floating over NYC.

 Their wall of floats

Super proud!

 We had a fun visit from the McDonalds and went to the Georgia Tech football game.

 The kids had a blast but it was COLD!!!

 I think Jackson's face had frozen by now...but he refused to leave!

 We were so lucky that Anna decided to take the entire Thanksgiving break call, so that we could travel for the first time. We headed to Kiawah and had the best time! We started the day off with Turkey Trot on the beach. The weather was perfect! Jackson, Mary, and James did the entire 3 miles and Beckett and Ben did 1 mile. So fun!

 Here they all are before the start!

 Here's Jackson and Mary crossing the finish line! So proud of them!

 These two crack me up! The were really hot so they took their shirts off...

He has Yankee blood in him!

 The next day it was time to make our Christmas lists!

 No more cutting out pictures for this big boy!

Most important on this ones' list..a fishing pole.

 We then headed to the Sanctuary to decorate some sugar cookies.

 It was a huge mess but it wasn't our mess!! Best of both worlds!

 Cookies!

 Do you want some sprinkles Ben?

 Finished product!

 Finished product!

 Christmas photo time!

 We then went to Freshfields where they had all sorts of fun things for the kids. First thing was the face painting!

 Jackson chose a turtle.

 Beckett chose to be a turtle....

 Look out Rafael!

 Next it was bull riding!

 Santa was in Kiawah so we had to stop by!

 What else did I ask for?

 Thinking.......

 Family....it just doesn't get much better than this!

 We headed home early Sunday morning and headed straight to Home Depot to get our trees!

 Time to decorate!

Beckett had to put on his favorite boat!

 Putting on his first ornament.

 My handsome boy...

Putting on the star!

This really is the most wonderful time of the year! December can be so busy with Holiday parties, the boys birthdays and then Christmas. I am really trying not to get too overwhelmed and just enjoy every moment. This is what life is really all about!