Random Pictures from November

The best of friends.  Willie has learned how to antagonize her on purpose by calling out and showing her what he has that she will inevitably want with screaming to ensue. It's awesome.  

Bat Cate.  

Willie happy to hang his W flag every day. 

November around here is known as Govember b/c we run all the streets of OP.  This year I was able to run with my friends Bekah and Jessica.  We had to start planning our running routes around parks so the kids wouldn't revolt against another morning in the stroller.  The kids are easily bought with snacks and parks!

So many nice days this fall.  We played outside all November.  Willie even wore shorts all through November without too much shivering. We like to build towns and roads with chalk on the driveway.

There are some days when Miss M has an entourage at the bus stop to welcome her home.  The twins in Miss M's class (our neighbors) love getting home from school in time to help get Miss M off the bus. They think it's awesome.

Group hug!

We discovered a new area for the kids to play. It's apart of the forest preserve. It was a great outdoor nature area for the kids to safely jump, play, and explore.

Willie's school has recently talked a lot about fruits and vegetables and they have been trying new foods for snack time. They are currently trying to root a turnip.  We had to go to the store one day and Willie told me he needed to pick out some fruits and vegetables. I let him pick what he wanted and he picked grapefruit and a turnip.  We also found gigantic carrots and since the kids love carrots we had to buy it. I peeled the carrot and handed it to the kids to nosh on.  The gigantic carrot was a hit.  The turnip wasn't really well received and the grapefruit was way too much work to peel for kids who didn't love it.