Froemmings

We had another wonderful Thanksgiving this year. Dana and I both took the whole week off this past week which was great. I got lots of snuggles in with Clara, but not a whole lot else done. Oh well!  On Tuesday night was the Holiday Lights Parade downtown. The four of us went out to to eat beforehand and then just Brynn and I headed downtown for the parade. We figured it was too cold for Clara. It was chilly and I was pretty frozen by the end. Die hard Brynn, though, wanted to wait it out until the end so she could see Mr. and Mrs. Claus on the last float. We happened to find a spot standing next to a kid Brynn knows from HopeKids. He is in the blue/black/gray coat to the right of her there. I am glad we made it there another year, and hopefully Clara will be able to join us next year. You may have heard about the three couples who were married during the parade actually on one of the floats. I saw this one going by us (obviously, I guess, since I have a pic of it), and

Somebody's ready for winter...and that wascaly wabbit. Looks like it's getting close to everyone's bedtime. :-) Rosha came over to play yesterday. Good times together as usual. Silly girls. Grandma Holly and Brynn putting together Brynn's new bead bracelet. She chose all of our birthstones for it. Looks good! Thanks, Grandma! Oh, Clara. She is just getting so big, so fast. Daddy taught her a new trick this weekend:  Clara's tricks . She is also happy that she can now grasp things and get them to her mouth so that she can chew on and them and drool all over. She sure likes to her herself talk, and squeal and growl. Ha. Brynn had a Play-doh marathon this afternoon. I think something must have happened right before I took this picture, because I think she's saying 'awww!' That Rapunzel head really freaks me out. Brynn was doing her 'hair' and a huge chunk of her Play-doh hair just all of a sudden dropped off of