Feasting at Carson and Carol's

I think we were too excited to eat! We didn't bother to pull out our camera until after the feast was over. It was a wonderful spread of food, complete with a 20lb turkey, squash from Carson and Carol's garden, and all the traditional sides. After our meal, we bundled all the (somewhat reluctant) girls and headed out for a walk in the 20 degree weather.

Then it was back to the house for our reward... PIE!

Funny girl Claire spent a good part of the evening walking around in Linnea's sneakers.

Then the adults attempted to play a game while the kids were entertained with movies and toys. By 7pm, our game of Citadels close to finished but not quite, we gave up and declared bedtime the winner. :)

Thanksgiving morning

very thankful for little girls...

Sylvie

Claire

Elise

Linnea

Avery

my girls this week....

We hosted a little playdate this week with a couple of school/church friends. All Elise wanted to play was "Annie." So, for two hours she was in character as Annie (much of that time complete with red dress and wig) while her friends looked at her in amazement. You see... her friends didn't know that movie. They didn't know Daddy Warbucks, Miss Farrell or Sandy. They couldn't figure out why Elise wanted them to clean while she sang "It's a Hard Knock Life" or what she was talking about when she took them "swimming" in Daddy Warbuck's indoor pool. It was too funny. Maybe the next playdate should be a showing of our favorite movie???

Claire - finally healthy after a terrible stomach/throat bug and back to her hilarious self. She is one happy toddler (when in the comfort of her own home) and a joy to watch. Whether she's trying to imitate Elise's dance moves or climb in a box of toys, she provides some wonderful entertainment around here.

New accomplishments for Sylvie (now 6 1/2 weeks old) include the first real smiles (today!) and sleeping through the night! For three nights now she's slept from 8:30pm until 5:00am. Such a good baby girl. We're all in love with her.

the littlest Longs...

sister love

Look at how she's growing!

Our little Cindy Crawford. Just kidding... apparently there was a speck of dust on the lens, which added a sort of beauty mark to Sylvie's upper lip. Oops.

Again, the "beauty mark." I still have "figure out my new camera" on the to-do list.

new glasses

Okay, Elise looks super cute in her new hip frames, but...

I'm not so sure i'm loving how OLD my baby looks!!!

finally

We finally decided on, ordered, and picked up Elise's new glasses. This is one good shot I took (again, I'm having issues with learning our new camera with the craziness of life these days), but hopefully I'll get some more good shots soon. What you can't see from the picture is that her frames are brown on the outside with pink and purple along the inside. They are super cute on her and she LOVES them. :)

growing

Sweet Sylvie is four weeks old today. It seems she's growing and changing right before our eyes. Here are some photos from today using my new camera that I don't know how to use... yet. :)