What has she gotten from me?  She can pick things up with her toes.  Everything else seems to be like Paul.

Today is also Paul’s birthday.  He got calls, emails & cards from England, but not one person in my family remembered him.

Our sale went great!  It’s surprising how much stuff we have that we never look at.  We bought DVD’s thinking that we’d watch them, but over a year later, they just sit in the shelf collecting dust.  Doreen would love to know how many people came wanting cheap comics!

While we worked hard in the cold for two days, Elizabeth watched TV and had snacks and played in our leaf pile in the front yard.  One time she was playing with some blue painters tape and made herself a beard.  Then she went to Paul and said that she needed to shave, just like daddy.

What about Cameron?  He worked an 18+ hour shift on Black Friday and slept on the Saturday.  He woke up while we were eating lunch (after we had cleared up) and asked, “weren’t you guys going to have a yard sale?”

This afternoon Jessica came round to take some pics for us to use on Christmas cards and the kids played in the leaves. I have to say that Ryan did a very good job of raking the leaves back into a big pile after they were all done playing in them.

Jessica took some great pics but the camera must be wonkey as I seem to have no hair and a double chin in all of them!

There are some wonderful photos of Elizabeth in the leaves and I thought I would add a few here. Hope you like them and thanks for coming round Jessica.

Kick Those Leaves

I know she is a cutie!

We couldn’t get her to hold still for very long (too much candy, perhaps?), but here is the costume.  She was a Home Depot worker.  (English translation:  B&Q’s worker).   I took her out to the county attorney’s office to trick or treat on Thursday, then on Saturday evening, we just went to one neighbors house across the street and then to Daniel’s.  Jessica was working and Aunt Tammy & kids were there also, so we just had a visit and then came home.  At this age, who really needs a ton of candy, right?

Elizabeth has started singing the alphabet to us.  Not the whole alphabet, but she has a little tune to “B, C, D, E” and “X, Y, Z”.  She has also increased her counting up to #5.

I tried my best to cut Elizabeth’s hair last night.  Nearly 2″ gone off the back!  Looks a lot cuter and not so mullet-y.

We turned on the heater last night and haven’t turned it off yet.  It’s officially winter here (to us).  The daytime high is like 66 or something.  Soooo cold!  This afternoon Elizabeth and I will be going outside to pick what is left of our vegetables.  We’ve been gathering many peppers and green beans, but I think the tomatoes will just have to ripen on our window sill.  There is still some onion, lettuce and spinach out there which should last until it gets really cold. We also built a second planter bed for next years garden.  We’re hoping to have a third one ready by spring.

Nanny is home from the hospital and we’re so happy!  Elizabeth has been driving us crazy by asking about her every other day and not being able to talk to her.  Finally she got to talk to her yesterday and she was happy all the rest of the day.

Everything here is going well.  I’m applying for jobs all the time.  Hopefully something will come up soon.  Part time would be great as I am loving being at home.

She wanted me to buy this for her when we were out shopping one day. For some reason she can’t keep other things in her hair, but she loved this headband.

Another favorite thing Elizabeth has discovered are berries.  Whenever I can find a good deal, I’ll get her a package of raspberries, blueberries or strawberries.  She finishes a package in about a day.

Nanny is coming to visit in a couple of weeks so Elizabeth is naturally very excited.  She’s also very excited to see Rebecca and Auntie Elaine as well.