Thanksgiving and Santa

We had a good Thanksgiving. It was weird not having Unky Eck here, but we did have Gramma, Papa, Colie and DiDi. The girls had a blast hanging out with the people they love, but weren't so wild about the food. They did enjoy pumpkin pie though. The twins absolutely loved trying on all of Colie's jewelry. She's going to be in serious trouble when they get older. Leia already steals her shoes.
After dinner, they got to blow out the candles. Mira and Adia had no problems, but Leia kept blowing air up and sending her bangs straight up. She eventually got angry and grabbed the flame. Not her best idea. I had the girls make turkeys to decorate the house too. It involved painting coffee filters and then cutting their footprints out for the turkey body. They turned out really well. It was the first time the twins have ever painted too. Leia was a natural, which surprised me. She usually doesn't last long at art projects. Mira mostly painted everything black or brown. Along with potty training, Mira has started playing Uno. We're still working on learning colors, but she understands taking turns and matching characters. She's definitely getting better and has won a few games. I'm sure she'll be playing as well as Adia soon. Adia's an Uno card shark. Adia has begun writing words. I love when she asks me to spell something for her and she can write all the letters. I know she's supposed to only use caps at the beginning of a word, but honestly, I'd rather she spelled correctly and learning to make all her letters properly first. Just before Thanksgiving, Mira decided she wanted to start wearing undies like Adia. Within just 2 days, she was in undies full time and has only had a handful of accidents. I'm still shocked at how fast it happened. She's great about remembering to go and generally doesn't need to be reminded. DiDi bought the girls new winter coats and some new furry boots for Adia. We've been putting them to good use near DiDi's house. A new trail opened up that the girls love to walk. You can see lots of ducks, geese, loons and osprey. We've been having problems with Leia climbing under the block bucket and have had to rescue her a few times. She gets up and she's visibly disoriented. Definitely scary so we had Papa drill some air holes in it. In true Papa fashion, he had the twins help out. Mira thought it was the coolest thing ever. I see a power drill in her future. Leia wasn't so sure about it, which surprised me. She's normally my tool girl. We've slowing began decorating for Christmas. The stockings are up and we've put some lights around the french doors. We get the Christmas tree tomorrow with Gramma and Papa. Decorating it will be interesting. We saw Santa last week too. And actually got an awesome picture.