Just Because

I'm posting these pictures with no topic just because I like them :)

Last weekend Porter and Savannah pulled out some old Halloween costumes

Savannah after a shower and in her brothers pj's

Last night I snapped these while rocking Sullivan (11 weeks old) to sleep

Porter is totally in the Christmas spirit lately. I keep hearing him singing Christmas songs to himself. His favorite seems to be Jingle Bells. Yesterday, he lined up all of these toys and said "Look Mommy, I lined up all my reindeer and am ready to deliver the packages. Hohoho." (Btw, he says Santa delivers the gifts by throwing them at the children from his sleigh. Lol!)

 

Nonni was so sweet to make this for the kids to be able to decorate their own tree

And since going to the Christmas tree farm last weekend, Porters favorite thing to do is to play Christmas tree farmer. He puts on his winter clothes and rides his "4-wheeler" (aka play horse) around looking for the biggest tree.

Christmas Tree Farm

We love traditions around here and one of our favorites is our yearly trip to the Christmas Tree Farm. My family has gone for 12 years now and along the way Sean and the babies have joined the crowd. I love seeing our group picture change every year. The owners are so sweet and we always have a great time! The guys at the farm loved Porter and Savannah this year. Porter got the special treat of getting to ride the four wheeler up the mountain to help cut down the trees. And this year, thankfully, it wasn't too cold to enjoy being outside. 

Thanksgiving

Holidays with my babies just get better and better. The more they can understand the meaning behind the holidays and anticipate the celebrations just brings more excitement to enjoy the days with them. This Thanksgiving, we started with a celebration just the 5 of us on Wednesday night. We watched the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and had popcorn, pretzels, pizza (instead of toast), jelly beans and ice cream. It was a blast!

Then on Thursday, we went to Nana's for our family Thanksgiving. 

(Btw, the last 4 pictures were taken by Porter)

And on the way home...

And on Friday, we went down to Papa and Nonni's house to celebrate.

Porter and Savannah dressed up as Nonni and Papa :)

Sick Days

Winter colds have officially begun at the Mitchell house. Savannah caught one last weekend and over the course of the week, has shared it with every last one of us. Needless to say, we've had several days at home and are going a little stir-crazy! I'm hoping to get everyone all better before Thanksgiving. There's no shortage of noses to wipe, babies to cuddle, juice cups to refill, elderberry syrup to dose out, and Lysol to spray. The only thing we seem to be lacking on is sleep!! Oh glorious sleep! I hear that these sweet little creatures eventually sleep and that one day I'll sleep again. Until then, I'm living on prayer and coffee! All that to say, there's not much blogging or picture taking going on lately, so here are some highlights of the last week...

Porter got his first rocket launcher (side note: when you pay $3 at Target, don't expect it to last!)

Sullivan and I have had quite a bit of (ahem) bonding time lately ;) Good thing this smile wipes (most of) the grumpy right off my heart!

Savannah has continued to "mother" anything she can get her hands on. This girl is a diaper changing, baby feeding, shushing machine! If only said babies were the one that actually needed those things ;)

Oh, and Savannah has recently developed a love for apples. She said "all done apple mommy" and brought me this...gross!

And don't forget lots and lots of snuggles for sick little ones!