Thanksgiving-Christmas

We celebrated Thanksgiving on Wednesday

so we could celebrate Christmas on Thursday!

 We aren't traveling to Iowa for Christmas this year, so they brought Christmas to us!

 

Memphis Children's Museum

 

While my parents and niece were visiting over Thanksgiving break, they treated us to a trip to the Children's Museum of Memphis! 

Maddie's favorite area in the entire museum... She is just like her dad.  Ha!

Care to guess who won this quiz game?

Hint:  There was a tie.

 Loading the FedEx plane:

 

Fishing the (Not-So) Mighty Mississippi: 

 

I'm pretty certain that Halle chose to listen to this water cycle thing only because she enjoys old telephones.  :) 

 

The Itty-Bitty Kroger:

 

This may look like a shopping cart that is weirdly full of bananas to you, but you need to know that Ty is my banana-guy on grocery day.  His job is always to remind me to not forget bananas.  We buy at least this many every week...

To the rescue!

 

 

 

Halle made it to the top!

 *Shudder*

I get claustrophobic just looking at these pictures.

 

Cruisin' the streets of Memphis-

 

Making out a check for (play) cash:

Mastering(?) the paper airplane launcher:

 

 Making "Rain Sticks"

 

Thanks for the memories, Nana and Papa!

MORE! (Random Phone Pictures.)

Ty: Help me!

Me:  Let go.

(^This was repeated about 12 times.)

Cate is part monkey.

Halle's open house- do you see Sunshine?

Most of the 1st grade girls wanted to be teachers or princesses. 

Not Halle:

I have no idea what Halle was asking Siri.  Any guesses??

Some things don't change.

 

Isaac's comfy chair:

And this:

 Me:  Ty... why??

Ty: (slight eye roll)  The turkey is just pooping.