november, part one

The past few months have been kind of a blur- two trips to Utah for Thanksgiving and Christmas, lots of sickness, preschool, sewing, more sickness, shopping, wrapping, playing, eating, parties. Lots and lots of fun.

We started off the month by casting our vote. Hazel was quite broken up about the outcome- as were we- and was still in tears a month later!

A few weeks after the election, Hazel randomly asked, "Are the polls closed?"

Me: "The pools?"

Hazel: "No, the polls. When are they going to close the polls?"

Me: "The polls? Like to vote?"

Hazel: "Yes"

Me: "Well, they are already closed. Do you remember who won?"

Hazel: "Mitt Womney?"

Me: "Nope."

Hazel: "President Obama?"

Me: "Yep"

Hazel: "But I wanted Mitt Womney to win! I voted for him!"

.... This conversation has been repeated many times since the election :)

 We had lots of fun at preschool in November, learning about Pilgrims and Native Americans.

she loves her dax

We had a nice visit from my Aunt and Uncle, who always bring little gifts for Hazel. She loves them!

We then decided to take a last-minute trip to visit my sister while Isaac went to Spain (for work... or as I see it, a vacation.) Hazel was super excited.

she was so excited to go play in the snow, until I put these borrowed snow pants on her. She immediately started crying, and said, "Everyone will think I'm Max!" (Max the bunny from Max and Ruby, he wears overalls). She was quite hysterical and hid behind me until she put her coat on. 

in her borrowed snow gear- all of our luggage was lost , but came the next day. 

reading time with the boys

walking to church

playing games

visiting Shane's work (interesting way to eat a corndog)

hazel adores her cousins. "I want to be your other brother!"

she also adores all of their toys and weapons!

watching the snow fall

More November fun to come!