Thankful

Although I didn't get around to this post around Thanksgiving, I still wanted to take a minute to share what we're thankful for in our lives.
First of all, 3 very healthy kids. I've been so lucky to have rarely sick kids. Not even an ear infection in any of them!
Next, We're very thankful to have jobs. Of course I would prefer to be a stay at home mom, but sometimes that's just not possible. I'm just thankful, with the economy, that I was able to find a great, secure job that allows me to work from home and have minimal time away from those cute kids.
Finally, we're very thankful for great family and neighbors that are always so supportive and helpful. Whenever we need help with anything, there's always someone to step in and lend a helping hand.
So, from the Morgan household, we all just want to say "Happy Thanksgiving!" (4 days late.)

Happy Birthday Tattoo!

Tattoo had a great 2nd birthday! His birthday was on the 7th. For the actual day of his birthday, we took the kids to Chuck E Cheese for the first time. Boy, did they have a blast! I had some great coupons that got us hundreds of tokens for the games, for very little money. We gave each of the kids a cup of tokens and sent them on their way. We also had Ghyslin with us, so it worked perfectly. Ghyslin and PJ were working together, I was following Kaiden around and Nathan was in charge of Tattoo. Tattoo was having a great time walking around pretending to play the games. Kaiden was actually pretty good at some of them. The girls, however, made bank on tickets from the games they were playing. Between all of the kids, they had enough tickets to get Tattoo a new ball, and each of the big kids several small toys. Although the food there sucks, we still had a great time!
We had birthday party with family the following Thursday. It turned out really great and went very smoothly, as a pot-luck dinner. Great food, hilarious entertainment (2 silly boys), and a fun, relaxing evening with family. Tattoo's favorite toys are cars, stuffed animals and balls. He got TONS of cars, a snuggly bear, a new light for his room, a book and some jammies. Good times!

Halloween

We had a great, fun Halloween this year. I did have to work, but was able to get off at 3, just in time to enjoy most of the festivities. The day started with a party for the 2 big kids at one of the neighbor's houses. Nathan did a great job of getting them dressed up in their costumes while I was working, and they sure had a blast!
Since I'd had to work extra hours during the week to make up for getting off early for Halloween, I was crunched for time in getting the kids' pumpkins carved. I ended up doing one each day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. They turned out really great, but because I had to do them in advance, they were a little shriveled by Halloween night. After I got off work on Halloween, I finished the last pumpkin. Whew! Cutting it close!
Because daylight savings came after Halloween this year (weird!), we went trick-or-treating a little bit later in the day, as we were waiting for the sun to go down before starting. Luckily, it was still fairly warm, and we didn't need coats. 2 years in a row of a warm Halloween. Dare I wish for another?! Trick-or-treating was fun, and Tattoo was the best part. He wasn't interested in going up to the doors (Kaiden had to collect treats for him). He was far more interested in playing with the toys left out in front yards. The very best part was the "drunk dragon walk." The costume was so padded, that he kind of waddled and ended up swerving a bit when walking. He was so funny!
Next in the festivities was over to Chris and Kelli's for their annual Halloween party. We got there too late for the kids to go trick-or-treating with the big kids, but Keyana and Kaiden took advantage of the opportunity to hand out the candy. Kelli had a computer set up on the kitchen counter that showed a camera feed from outside the front door. Keyana would sit there and watch for kids to come up so that she could run to the front door and hand out a treat.
All in all, it was a great day!