November comes to a close

I can't believe another year is almost done and we are quickly approaching Christmas--the years just seem to fly by anymore, it makes me sad. I wish I could freeze frame some moments.

Thanksgiving was spent at our house this year with both sides of the family attending. It was very nice and very special to have Maks here with us for his first Thanksgiving feast! He definitely enjoyed it, although he attempted to start a food fight by hurling stuffing at Pop Pop. He was none too happy though when Jimmy returned the favor by hitting him with a roll. The glares Maks was giving was truly priceless, he was highly offended. We all got a big kick out of it.

It was truly a fun and wonderful day!

As usual we are well behind our neighborhood with the outdoor lighting displays as ours still isn't up and most of our neighbors had theirs up Thanksgiving weekend! But we are slowing getting the Christmas decorations up.

Alek is definitely getting the jist of Santa this year, he has a list a mile long and sees something new he wants everyday, thankfully he never remembers what he asked for the previous day, so I think we can get away easy again this year.
He is very cute learning holiday songs and has been practicing at school. He tells us that "boys bow and girls quincy (curtsy)" and he can do an amazing bow.

We can't wait to see how Maks reacts this year, I have a feeling he won't be liking visiting Santa too much, but maybe he will surprise us. I know he will be able to open presents this year, so that will be fun.

We started December off by attending a Family Fun Day offered by the IA clinic at CHOP. We could only stay a short time, but it was really nice and the boys had a blast. I dropped Maks back home and then Alek and I headed to see Disney Playhouse Live with Keeley and C. The kids had a ball, it was very cute, they were totally into it. Though as expected the overpriced Little Einsteins baton I bought Alek didn't last longer than a day before the ball was busted offf of it--BOYS! I am sure Keeley's is still working nicely!

One of the best parts of November, is that our bathroom is finished!!! After 3 years of being torn up, it is finally done! We are so excited, it is so beautiful and relaxing. Kevin did a great job designing it and finishing it up and the guys at Mastercraft did an amazing job with the tile. It is gorgeous. It is so nice not to have a share a bathroom with the kids now!