November Randomness

November came and went pretty quickly.  It was filled with school days for the kids, work for Erik, lots of sewing for me, Christmas preparations, and more growing for Ian:

 

Ian enjoying himself at Savers.

 

Ian and I on my Birthday.  My birthday present was the piano.  We couldn't find a babysitter for a Wednesday night so we all went to Texas Road House. I ordered the awesome blossom that nobody touched but me, and my ribs were dry and old, but otherwise it was fun.  My Visiting Teachers stopped by to give me a gift, and Erik made me a cake.  That's about it for my birthday!

My old ironing board cover was trashed, so I ordered an ironing board cover from Amazon.  I received six!

Nutella is irresistible.  So is my darling Ian!

Oh hello, Mr. Nutella-face!

My pretty girl in her new dress!

I found this 18-inch dolly at Joanns at their Black Friday sale for $12!  I got busy making her lots of cute (and often matching Elisa's) outfits.  I thought I wouldn't like making dolly clothes, but they're actually kind of fun to make.  They take so much less time than a real girl's dress.

That hair!

Can you guess who got a hold of my phone??

A cute little stinker messing around in the sink.

I took some pictures of my cuties sleeping when I went in to check on them.  Adorable!!

Fall & Winter is a great time to go hot air ballooning appearantly, because we see them almost every day! This particular time was the closet I've seen them come over our house.  Someday I'd like to take a ride in a hot air balloon!

Going Goth.  However, Goth and cute don't match so Ian was partially Goth for maybe 30 seconds until I wiped the black off his face.  It was my eyeliner he thought would somehow taste good.

A yummy pumpkin roll I made!  I make one every fall.  Fall just wouldn't be the same without one of these!

Those animated stuffies scare me too, Ian.  Heaven forbid anyone would ever get one of those for me.

It's a little hard to see, but poor little Ian got himself trapped.  He was pushing the dolly stroller in the rocks and then the sprinklers turned on.  I, being the super nice mom that I am, rescued him.  And I, being the dummy that I am, went right through the sprinklers instead of going around! Haha!

Waiting on little sisters to finish their two-hours of dance class.  Gabe playing a game on his buddy Gavin's iPad. 

My cute & creative Gabe made some Train Man Figures and tried to sell them outside in the front yard.  A couple people took pity on Gabie and bought some.  Gabe made about $3! Someday, he will learn supply and demand and all that boring economic stuff, but for right now, he's just an adorable small business owner!

A lemon from our lemon tree!  I have a black thumb, so I was surprised when the lemon tree actually produced lemons! They are perfect and delicious.  

Oooh, just so much cheek-pinching adorableness going on here!

A cryptic note that Elisa wrote.  In fact, its so cryptic, that even Elisa herself doesn't know what it means! 

My smart Gabe.  We already know he's smart, but its always nice to have proof.  He's getting straight, solid A's in all of subjects right now!

Gabe's bear her got at a field trip to the Stuffington Bear Factory.  He named his bear Mikey and for awhile, took Mikey everywhere with him and treated Mikey quite well!

His outfit and this silly hat he put on at the dollar store make Ian look like a little soldier!  So adorable!