November highlights

Hi everyone - hope that your Christmas celebrations were all delightful. Here is a recap of November since I've been so delinquent at blogging!

This is the view of the city from atop the Empire State building . . . pretty awesome!

We spent Thanksgiving in New York with the Muellers and Warrens. It was a fast couple of days but lots of fun to see the city together. Daniel was surprised at how quickly I was won over to the city - but it may be a case of still missing Paris and finding the American equivalent . . .
Thanksgiving dinner was all the traditional dishes - but served on a boat cruising the NY harbor
A view of Lady Liberty. I was struck at how much smaller she is in real life - from "American Tale" I thought it had to be enormous! Of course, that from a mouse's point of view . . .
Watching the Macy's Day parade. We actually couldn't see much, but the atmosphere was very festive and fun!

"Hey Eli - gimme back my glasses!"

After New York, we drove back to New Hampshire for a few days. This was Eli's first gift opening so we called it Christmas and took a few pictures. He very shortly went to bed following this picture . . .

"Yummy . . . box - num, num, num"

Analise received recorded stories from Grandpa and Grandma - one of the Nativity and one of Frosty the Snow Man. She has taken to Christmas carols with gusto this year belting out Away in the Manger, Jingle Bells, Frosty and Silent Night like nothing. It kills me! Especially when she cut and pastes verses so that the song never really has an ending - it just keeps going and going and going and going . . .

Reading with Grandpa and Grandma . . .

and modeling the new Christmas dress from Grandma. Besides singing, Analise loves dressing up like a princess and has been known to make appearances at the grocery store dressed as snow white. She walks around the house going - "where my crown mommy?"

It was a quick but fun trip and the highlight of November!

After Thanksgiving it was a whirlwind of Christmas parties, finals, skiing, shopping and packing to get ready for our trip back to MN in December. More pictures of that to come . . .