.: Thanksgiving 2007

Friday, November 23, 2007

Thanksgiving 2007

Thanksgiving this year was spent at Nanny and Papa Ames' house! We enjoyed fantastic food, fun games, and the company of loved ones. Once again, Shanna really enjoyed the attention she received. We played David's Wii long into the night. We even got great grandma Ames to bowl and she beat some of us in Chinese Checkers! My grandma challenged my dad to a boxing match on the Wii, which kept us all laughing until our sides ached!!

Awaiting the Thanksgiving feast...Wii anyone?

Dinner was fabulous at the Ames' residence (Mom and Dad/ Nanny and Papa/ great grandma and grandpa) The big kid table...

...And the little kid table! :)

Shanna mastered how to push the buttons and make noise! YAY:)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hi Carrissa! Hope you don't mind me barging in on your blog. I saw your dad yesterday and he was beaming about his granddaughter. You have such a CUTE little girl! I wanna squeezer! Good to see you're back in Washington and doing well. Blab at ya later!; November 27, 2007 at 8:24 AM
Holly said...: Hey Carrissa! My Dad told me about your blog--I was hoping you would have one! Your little girl is so cute! Annaliese and I have blogs too, and my sisters and the Thatcher girls. We are linked to each other, and you can find them on my blog. kiddywinkers.blogspot.com.; November 27, 2007 at 9:07 AM

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Shanna -- Wild One

Age: 4 years!
Nicknames: Goose, Shanna banana, Shannaroo
What does Shanna say now?
"Could you get chicken nunnets from the freezerater?"
In our home we try to help Shanna not say words like stupid, dumb, or substitute words like "dang it". Well one night Eric was helping her pray before bed and he said, "Please help me to make good choices." and Shanna repeated it and promptly punched her pillow and said, "dang it."
"Ring around the rosies, pockalittledoodoo, ashes, ashes we all fall down."
Shanna: "Oh you have a pretty hair thing mommy?" (pointing to the flower clip in my hair)
Me: "Yes I do, do you like it?"
Shanna: "Yes! Daddy will come home and he will dance with you!"
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"Achoo, could you bless me?"
Shanna had to go potty at Grandma's house one day and so she said, "Grandma, you stay here, I will be right back." Grandma said, "Ok I will sit on my blue chair." When Shanna was done, Grandma said, "Now I need to go potty." Shanna said, "Ok I will sit in your blue chair." When Grandma came out she looked over at Shanna and saw that she was seated in her blue chair with her blanket draped over her knees exactly the way Grandma often placed it, had Grandma's glasses on her face and was carefully turning the pages of Grandma's school textbook. She often found Grandma in this exact position.
Me: "Shanna, what does a rooster say?"
Shanna: "Cock a little dude"
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"Look at my eyes!" (This is usually said when either Eric or I aren't paying attention to what she is saying.)
First Prayer: "Heavenly Father, thank you for this day, thank you for the blessings, thank you for the prophet, thank you for the food and the apples, Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
"Thats so embarrassing, all the time!"
(Said as we turn onto Grandma and Grandpa Merrill's street) "There's Grandma's house! My sweet little Grandma. She is such a sweet girl!"
"Come here my little daddy."
"This is reedy reedy good Mommy!"
One day I was drawing on the chalkboard some stick figures of grandma and grandpa. I drew a triangle shape for grandma's dress and Shanna turns to me and says,
Shanna: "Oh mommy is that her bib?"
Me: "No Shanna, thats her dress."
Shanna: "Oh! Thats her pretty dress so all her dreams can come true?!"
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"Ummmm...Kinda yeah.." (Said with head tilted and eyes to the side)
"Look, I am kinda like a princess."
"My eyes aren't working!" (Said when she's been crying and her eyes are filled with tears so that she can't see anything)
"I am so proud of you" (This is usually said when we do something she is really happy with, Ex: take her to the park.)

Lindey -- small headed child

19 months!
Nicknames: goose, LindeyLoo
Waves and says "Hi" and "Bye"
When a lot of people are laughing she will start to laugh a long with everyone
She loves her big sister and will laugh at anything Shanna does
Shes a mommas girl
LOVES baby dolls and gets very, very excited about them when she sees them.
When she sees sher coat she gets really excited and starts saying, "oh, oh, oh!" :)
She has an opinion about everything and will not budge if she has made up her mind. If she sees something she likes she will take it, even though another person might have had it first. She is also very very intense when it comes to just about everything!