December Already?

It has been 2 weeks since my last blog post, and I'm sure that you are all just dying to know what Mama Rantz and her crew have been doing!

Well, let me show you :)

We've been chasing this guy around! He has a way of getting himself stuck in places like between the legs of a chair or behind the sofa... and he is a fast little crocodile (still crawling on his belly)!

I got a new pair of shoes! I realized that it has been a full year since I bought a new pair of shoes, and those were purchased off of EBay for $10! I guess I'm not much of a shoe shopper, but I love my new kicks!

Along with his stealthy crawling, Max is also climbing up a stair (just one stair so far), over baskets, onto Lucy... she yells out "Get him!" but I think that she gets in his way on purpose so that he has to go over her to continue on his path. It is a little game they play.

Devon took some time off of work for the holiday, and he spent some time "crafting" with Lucy. They were painting with water colors, and Devon's art was so nice that I hung it up in the kitchen.

Devon joined me and the kiddies for some Stroller Striding one morning, and though he was the only man in the group of mamas, he did a great job and said that he enjoyed the work-out :)

And then my parents and Molly arrived!

Happiness is watching your parents play with your children.

Out and about. We had lunch at Five Guys Burger and Fries (or something like that). I didn't eat a burger, but those who did raved, "Best burger ever!! Better than In-and-Out!!"

Can you guess what this is?

Frosting!

My mom has a new skill- cake decorating- and were pleased that she was willing to show us her skills!

The cake became "Lucy's Garden," and, naturally, Lucy asked if we could all sing Happy Birthday to her. We obliged and even lit a candle.

Bald is Beautiful!

Thanksgiving Day!

Max, Lucy and I bundled up to go watch a little bit of the Turkey Bowl!

Doesn't this look like a scene out of a movie (perhaps a certain vampire movie?)??

Dev, Joe and my dad were happy to have some fans :)

Back at the house, we snacked, watched football, played cards, Max chewed on the jokers....

And Lucy insisted that Molly multi-task by playing cards and princesses.

We also played Catchphrase while waiting to load up the cars and head out for our Thanksgiving Dinner at Claimjumper!

A nice hearth picture at the restaurant :)

The "kids" table-- haha, just kidding Molly!

Dinner was yummy- even my dad was pleased and he is the pickiest eater in the world- and I didn't have to wash any dishes!!

Max had bananas and rice cereal, and he was pleased too :)

My parents went home, Devon went back to work, Joe went back to school, and Max and Lucy went back to teaming up to outnumber me and wear me out!