Thanksgiving with the Ciccones

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend, starting with a friend, Becky, arriving Wednesday & blessing us with her giggly joy.

The cooking & preparing began Wednesday night with a few make ahead sides & dishes....Yummy!!




Thursday we rolled out of bed with the boys and ate a nice breakfast, then turned on the Macy's Thanksgiving day Parade!  I love the parade & the sound of the parade in the background while preparing the Thanksgiving feast.

We planned to eat about 330, so the 19lb  turkey went in the oven mid-morning.  Delish smells!!

Our friend, TJ arrived early afternoon to enjoy football with Tim and to hang out with the boys until our Feast was ready.  TJ brought over a delicious pie for us all to enjoy after dinner.

The boys napped early, then we got ready and enjoyed our delicious Feast.  It was all yummy & we enjoyed being able to share the day with our friends & family.

Josiah enjoying his special drink for Thanksgiving!  Bottoms up...

So many things to be thankful for this season, as we now anticipate and are getting ready for the birth of our Saviour!

Happy Thanksgiving...

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Halloween - in a nutshell!!!

Halloween 2009 from maria mommy on Vimeo.

Josiah loves pudding

This is Josiah...having pudding for the 1st time?  March, 2009

I ran across these pictures today & just thought they were typical, cute little boy.

Good to the last drop....both the pudding & the boy!  Can't get enough of Josiah's lovin' - He's got the best squeezes and sweet pats!!

A Few Days....

So, our internet went down on Sunday, and we just got back up and running today.  The coolest thing is...I've gotten quite a few things done during this involuntary vacation from the cyber world we all love.

In order to document this occasion, I thought I'd take a break and BLOG!!

Hope you enjoy...

Here is Caleb's 1st night of our Church's Wednesday night programming for 4 year olds - 4th grade, it's new this year and called KidsCrest Connect.  During their 1 hour and 20 minutes at church, the kids sing their Bible verses, play games & have a snack.  Caleb comes home 'jazzed' about something new each week & we are loving all the Scripture we are memorizing through song.  This is the link to the website that has the songs we are all learning - check it out!!
Seeds Family Worship

 

I asked the boys, Caleb & his buddy, Will (whom we carpool with to Wednesday nights) to strike a pose and give me a thumbs up....this is what I got~ Nice work, Boys!!

We always ask the boys to wash before they eat anything, or when they come in from playing outside - so, this day was exceptionally cute, as big brother, Caleb, helped little brother, Josiah, reach the sink!

Clearly, Caleb was a little dirty or wet from playing in the hose, as he became pantsless once entering the house!  Gotta love boys...

This was our 1st Monday of MOPS - Josiah had a little bit of a rough start, but got in the groove, obeyed & had a great morning.

Caleb was trying his hardest to encourage his brother to just smile for mom and the camera - he's usually a great encourager for his brother.

It was a great day and this year has been new and exciting with MOPS & Moppettes!!

Please don't grow up, Boys!