Thanksgiving at our House

This year is "Fat Thanksgiving" - the year that we get together with all of the Kinsellas for Thanksgiving.  We take turns hosting and this year was our turn.  We were excited, we've never made a turkey dinner before!

Bright and early, getting the turkey ready.  Tim let me do this part since he didn't want to have his hands inside the guts of the bird!

Turkey ready to go!

Into the oven it goes

The kids table - Maddy and Joe

Side of Bridget's head, Maddy peeking, Joe, Maggie hiding, Kelly and Patrick

Kelly and Patrick

Leah, Cameron, Bridget and Maddy

Time for adults to get their food.  The kitchen island housed a delicious buffet.

Aunt Jen grabbing some yummy food.

So many good things, not big enough plates.

Mom, Uncle Jim and Uncle Chris grabbing their food

Leah chowing down (well, on cranberries at least)

What a handsome boy!

Poppa and Aaron

Maddy and Bridget showing off their piano skills

Our three gorgeous kids

Really, could they be any cuter?  Love them!

The turkey turned out great, as did all of the side dishes.  Everyone brought a bunch of food and the company was wonderful.  Happy Thanksgiving!!

A Day in Skaneateles

This weekend Cameron had a hockey tournament in Skaneateles.  On Saturday the whole family went to his games, grabbed lunch at a great little restaurant in town and did some geocaching with Uncle Matt and Aunt Gina.  It was a fun day.

Warm-up skate before the game

He's got the puck

Always right in the middle of things

Cam doesn't have a problem with being aggressive

Celebrating a goal

Uncle Matt and Aunt Gina came to check out Cam's last game.  Afterwards we headed out into the village of Skaneateles to grab some geocaches.

Mama and Aaron, ready to cache

Mama love

Cameron checking out the GPS to figure out where our next cache is

Beautiful Skaneateles waterfront

It was a lot of walking so Leah got tired, so she suckered Uncle Matt into carrying her for a while.

Aaron Adorable: Sleepy Baby

Aaron loves to jump in his jumperoo.  He jumps and jumps and jumps and jumps... until he conks right out!!!  What a cute little guy!!

It is tough work being six months old!

Yep, he's really asleep

Out like a light

Adorable from every angle, close up and far away

He is so darn cute!!

Cameron's 6th Birthday!

Today is Cameron's sixth birthday and since it falls on the weekend we can have his party on his actual birthday!  Cameron asked for a Star Wars birthday cake so I made him a Millennium Falcon cake.

The finished product cake, complete with Star Wars figurines

Omi and Aaron

Starting the kiddo early

Matt and Gina showing Grandma and Grandpa their photo book

Time for gifts!

Cameron loves his Pats swim trunks

Birthday boy

Very excited about his walkie talkies

Silly Mama and Leah

Opening Legos - one of his all time favorite things

Next gift

One of Cameron's gifts from GG (great-grandma) was a mat that says "Pianists hold the keys to this house".  When Cameron read it out loud to everyone, he said "Penis" rather than "Pianists".  Everyone laughed so hard!  Cameron didn't understand what he said that was funny, so he was looking towards me to see what the joke was.  So funny!!

Time to open his gift from Leah

Before the gift is even open, he is giving her big hugs.  He really liked the card that she made for him.

Cameron's two helpers - Emily and Leah

Star Wars present!

Cameron was very happy with his presents.

Time for cake now.  Leah is so cute, waiting patiently for the cake and birthday song.

Lighting candles

A big breath to take out all of those candles

Blow out the candles!

Uncle Randy couldn't come to the party because he was on call, so he Facetimed with Cameron for his birthday instead.

Leah talking to Uncle Randy

Poor little Aaron is too young to have cake, so instead he got green beans for a birthday treat.

Cute messy little man

Every year on their birthdays, we take a Mama and kiddo picture.  Here is this year's with Cameron.

And a kiss for Mama, from the handsome boy that made me a mama.  I love him so much!