Veteran's Day and the Weekend

Wowzers! How is Thanksgiving just around the corner?! The holidays are my favorite time of year. Yes, I'm that sucker who likes to go all out and Christmas out the house for a month. Another reason is because of the TURKEY! I am on a mission to perfect my turkey. Each year, the goal is to get better and better so my turkeys will be known as "Ede's turkey". 

It was really nice to have hump day off this past week. Yes, it messed up the rest of my week (mentally), but a break is a break and I'm not complaining. We spent most of our day off at home... watching TV. 

 Buying groceries at  Nob Hill

 Lining up his cars

 Me resting while the kids are doing something... somewhere...

 My little kitchen scavenger

 This little ham loves taking pictures

 Enjoying some ice cream on this cold Fall day

 Two cheeseballs

Lucas was all smiles in this picture. However, he refused to cooperate during our photo shoot at the park a few minutes earlier. Once the camera disappeared, he decided it was time to smile again. We'll see if grumpy has a few decent pictures for our Christmas card this year.

 First time (and not last) eating at The Table

Little ham loves to cheese though

Mr. Cool

Kids say the darnest things, and the Shinn kids are no exception!

"Let's go play some Alton Brown. Five... four... three... two... one! Hands up! Chef, tell your story."

(The kids have been exposed to a lot of Cutthroat Kitchen and Alton Brown has become a common household name. I have also started watching YouTube Alton Brown vids in preparation for Turkey Day.)

"I want to have a baby sister like Baby Margaret."

(Right when I'm starting to get my life back in order, the kids have baby fever. This is all Daniel Tiger's fault. They have been watching the episode with the new baby non-stop every single weekend.)

"Why is it taking so long? ... for my birthday to come."

(For Char's birthday, we told her we're celebrating my taking a Disney cruise. The kids have seen videos of the cruise and everything; they're excited. I set them straight though - Mommy's birthday comes before Char's, so we should focus on that first!)