Sela's Thanksgiving Feast & Nathan's Report Card

Sela had a special celebration in school this year for Thanksgiving and I was so lucky to be able to attend.

Here is my beautiful girl dressed as a Native American: With Mommy:

With Morah Ellen:

and with Morah Amy:

Nathan received his report card this week and got very good grades. I also had my first parent-teacher conference of the year and was overwhelmed by all the teachers who came to Nathan's classroom just to meet me and tell me how special my little boy is. I have always known my kids are special, but it feels great to hear that others feel the same way! I am an incredibly proud momma!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Gifts arrive in Guatemala

Thanks to the help of my parents, sister and of course my beautiful children, we used our proceeds from our annual garage sale to send a backpack filled with school supplies, toiletries, clothes and gifts to each of our three sponsored children in Guatemala. For more information on sponsoring a child in Guatemala, and Mayan Families, please go to their website at: http://www.mayanfamilies.org/ It is always such a joy and an honor to see their smiling faces and to know that you are helping to make a difference in someone's life.

Halloween 2009

The kids were so excited about Halloween this year. They picked out their own costumes and both actually wore theirs! Sela loved trick or treating, but I am not sure which she enjoyed more: the walk with PopPop, the treats she received, or the fact that everyone told her that she was pretty!! Nathan had enough of the trick or treating after about 6 houses so we returned home to be with Bubie and give out our candy.

Sela was a fairy princess ballerina mermaid and Nathan chose to be a police office from the swat team. Sela wore high heels with this outfit and walked very well. In the middle of trick or treating, I asked her if her feet were ok to which she told PopPop that she walks better in heels than her mommy does....so true!!

And my little fashionista with her new boots from Auntie Mary before going to the Disney on Ice show with our cousins Seth, Bret and Becca: