Science Museum and Decorating for Hanukkah

Thanksgiving is over and it is time to set up for Hanukkah....Break out the Menorahs!!

We also went to the Science Museum and spent some time in the Butterfly House....the butterflies were feeling very social....

Here are some more pictures...

Turkey Day!!!

 Well, there certainly were a lot of turkeys in our house this year....

 We had a nice weekend with Grandma and Grandpa.

 a great meal....

 what would Thanksgiving Break be without a trip to MOA (Mall of America)!

 oh...and we set up our new tv....the kids liked the 3D glasses.

Insert your own joke here....

We definitely missed having Stacey, Josh and the Cousins (Gabriel, Vivi and Benjamin) to celebrate with.....we look froward to Turkey Day 2015!  

See a lot more pictures here!


Check out: Turkey days of old....

Isaac's Wax Museum Project and his First basketball Practice

So, in 4th Grade the kids choose a famous person they look up to and dress up as them for the Wax Museum.   Isaac chose Sandy Kofax.  He learned about him because he was a Jewish baseball player.

 In the Wax Museum parents and other students come around and "press the button" and the "wax character" talks about themselves....like in a real wax museum.  There were some really interesting characters there!  Hubert Humphrey, Elvis, Anne Frank, Harriet Tubman, Abe Lincoln, St. Helena...just to a name a few.

Isaac also had his first basketball practice this weekend.  He is on a team with Darian and Riley who are both in his Cub Scout den as well.  Should be a fun season!

See some pictures from both events, a video of Isaac telling about Sandy Kofax and a video of Isaac playing basketball here.

Some Random Pictures from Mid November

 Cosmo hanging out on the stairs...

 Dad takes the kids to Chuckwagon Charlies for dinner while Mom was in Chicago!

 Dinner with the Kennedy's and Chu's

We went to see a movie....it was not "Dumb and Dumber too!"  Although we probably both would have like that.

See some more pictures here.

Olivia Loses her front teeth!!!

Well Olivia lost her first front tooth!

 and a few days later her second one was very loose!   It is just hanging there!

Olivia's First basketball Practice

This year Isaac and Olivia decided they both wanted to play basketball.  So we signed them up.  Practices started.....and they are both excited!   Here are some pictures from Olivia's first practice.

See a few more pictures and some short videos here.