Thanksgiving 2012

The Malecutts had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We started off at the Thompson's house. My favorites were the gorgeous centerpiece and the sweet potato mash. Ella's fave was the whipped cream and pumpkin pie. Not sure what daddy's favorite was...he probably liked it all!

The next day we were off to the Honeycutt's. My favorite here was the amazing meatball sandwich my mom made me the day following Thanksgiving. WOW!!! Grandma's recipe for homemade sauce, a new meatball recipe, pepporcinis, pepper jack cheese, focaccia....it doesn't get better than that.

My next favorites were seeing Skyfall with the hubs and a long nap with Ella.

I think Ella's faves were the apple juice (she doesn't get that very often), the sugar cookies, and playing outside. She loved standing on top of the "island" and screaming. It was a blast!

Mitch loved all of the food and snoring away in the middle of the day in my parents' comfy bed.

The Centerpiece



Mitch Carving the Turkey; Aunt B Supervising



This Moment was Daddy's Favorite

Awwwww.

Halloween Part II

We had a great Halloween! Miss Ella was in great spirits and very interested in the whole trick or treating and handing out candy experience!

We started off the evening by enjoying a Papa Murphy's Jack O' Lantern pizza. (Thank you for the idea, Steph!). Next, Mama and Ella made Boo Cups out of chocolate pudding, crushed oreos, and Cool Whip. Yummy!

Next, it was costume time. (All 3 of us were dressed up). At first it took some convincing to get Ella to go out Trick or Treating, but once she got started, she was hooked! (Candy does that).

The absolute best part of the night is when Ella handed out candy. As soon as we would open the door, Ella would say, "Trick or Treat." The kids always looked dumbfounded. That's their line! After I would remind her that the person getting the candy asks "trick or treat" she would then say "thank you...welcome" after SHE put the candy in the bag. Again, the trick or treaters would look confused. Then she'd yell, "Happy Halloween! Bye Bye!!" There was lots of enthusiasm and yelling from Miss Ella. It was so fun to watch. Now, even though Halloween is long gone, she still says, "Trick or Treat" if she wants something sweet. She is such a character! We are so lucky to be blessed with her.

Handing out Candy with Daddy

Trick or Treating and Dog Petting

Surprise! Trick or treating at Home.

Halloween Part I

As usual, Mama C is way behind in her blogging, but I am determined to get caught up before Thanksgiving, so here goes:

Halloween at Fairy Tale Town, October 27th, 2012:

Mama C, Ella, and the Hendricks (daddy was sick) attended the Halloween celebration at Fairy Tale Town.  Mama and Ella were dressed as 50s girls with Ella rockn' a poodle skirt, pony tail, and black onesie. As usual, she looked super adorable! 

Mama was a Pink Lady from Grease. I felt a little rebellious and wild in that jacket, and you know what? It felt good!

The Hendricks were dressed as Cowboys and Indians, and boy did they look cute! They make a very good looking family, and they're always lots of fun to be with too. I refuse to return them to Texas. They simply must stay here as long as we're here.

As far as Halloween festivities were concerned, there were 17 candy stations for the kids to trick or treat at, crafts, a puppet show (we didn't watch it though), and the usual Fairy Tale Town stuff. All Ella cared about though was being with Leah. She is an obsessed Leah fan and stalked poor Leah the whole time. Leah was very kind about Ella's adoration, although I'm sure she wanted to be free and run and play and do what 4 years old girls do instead of having to hold hands with Ella and not climb on too much stuff (because Ella wanted to do everything Leah did). Thank you Leah for being such a good sport!

All in all, it was a fun time, but Halloween at home on the 31st ("Halloween Part II) was even more exciting! Stay tuned...