Thanksgiving Day

Some photos of Thanksgiving Day for you to enjoy.

Daddy and Aria snuggling

Mulu & Aaliyah dressing up in Mama & Daddy's clothes and shoes (it was really cute when they did it, until we walked into our closet and saw the aftermath of their attempts to get a hold of the clothes they wanted)

Sister love

Aria with one set of her Great Grandparents (she has 3 Great Grandpas and 5 Great Grandmas - lucky lucky girl) Aria tired after eating too much turkey - j/k
Mulu sticking his head out of the cats' little house. With his black turtle neck on it looks like a magic trick

Thanksgiving

In honor of Thanksgiving I asked the Johnson kiddos (those that can speak at least) what they were thankful for. We do "thank yous" before meals, so they knew what I was asking. It was quite a fun moment, so I thought I would share:

This is verbatim so you can fill in the prepositions as you like


I am thankful for:

Mulu: "that it can snow anytime"

Aaliyah: "trick-or-treating"

Mulu: "that our mailbox has an eagle on it" (I didn't know this, but I went and checked & by golly he is right)

Aaliyah: "Halloween" (see a pattern? - the girls always got candy on the brain)

Mulu: "football win last week, Brett Favre" (Daddy was really proud of him for this one)

Aaliyah: "Aria & Daddy"

Mulu: "oooh this is special one - santa brings jumper and new toys" (last years' loot)

Aaliyah: "peanut" (? - no idea)

Aria just sat and looked cute during all of this.

and of coarse Brian and I filled in with "Family" "friends" "smiles" and all the boring stuff, but the kids were more creative and fun.

Date night - and Packers

Sunday night Brian and I had an actual adult night for the 1st time in a long time, AND it was not a ballet event. Well actually, we got the tickets free because of a ballet connection, but Brian wasn't "working" and we could just have fun- so I can truly call it a "date night". We got a hook up to see Cirque du Soleil here in Madison and it was a great show. I thought it was a bit early to be leaving Aria for the 1st time, but the tickets were free and she was in great hands. All three kiddos did great with Nana & Papa at the house here and we were only gone about 2 1/2 hours - so it was probably good for all of us.

Here is a picture of us before we left

Aria and I snuggling before we left - no tears before we left and I didn't call while we were out - so I was proud of myself. (note: Aria is wearing the outfit that Aaliyah wore on the plane when we brought her home from Ethiopia - its crazy to think we are cycling through her outfits already)

Mulu, Aaliyah and a friend at a Packer game party - ok, they are actually watching a movie - none are really into watching football yet.

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin carving night - Mulu proudly posing with his jack-o-laterns (he learned in school that once pumpkinds are carved they are jack-o-lanterns, so he now corrects us when we call them pumpkins) Sometimes Aaliyah is too cool to smile for pictures - this was her intentional serious face
Aria in her pumpkin outfit
Cousin Charlie not too happy about being a chicken



The Johnson kiddos before trick-or-treating

Tinkerbell
Darth Vader
and little baby monster (it was the warmest costume of the bunch and does not at all reflect her personality :) )
Before we left for Trick-or-treating