A walk under the stars

John and I are enjoying a glass of wine, the kids are both asleep (in their own beds too!  That may just be for the next hour or so, but we are enjoying the moment!).  We are watching some Thursday night TV, sipping some wine, and chatting about nothing in particular. The temperature is dropping outside, so we took advantage of John arriving home pretty early (6:30pm) and bundled up the double stroller!  It was already dark out, so we grabbed some flashlights and headed toward the golf course.  The stars were gorgeous, and Scarlett was just an awesome flashlight "holder" :)

We enjoyed an easy taco dinner - to be followed tomorrow by Taco pizza!

We had a great start to the day today: Scarlett told me, "Mommy, me dream pancakes eat breakfast. PINK pancakes mommy! good dream!"  So of course, we made pink pancakes this morning!

Something exciting happened for John today - his 30th birthday gift arrived!  (From his parents) --  A smoker.  Those of you non-southerners out there - it's a type of grill (I think) where you can cook meat low and slow and make AMAZING food!  It arrived by FedEx and was a HUGE package.  John came home to admire (or in his words "unload") the gift!  We will be breaking it in this weekend.

Scarlett and I explored the amazing world of water today. I pulled out buckets and containers, filled them with water and added food coloring to each one.  We "fed" animals, bathed dolls, looked at our hands in the colors, and just laughed.  It's a great activity for any age!  

And just because he's so flipping cute - here's Emmett today!

Tomorrow's Resolution:  Give Thanks.