The McPherson Chronicles

American Girl Doll! American Girl doll! Asked for a sweatband and immediately put the whole set on.  Santa brought a new scooter! It snowed ;) Harry Potter coding wand First Nutcracker from Grandpa

After getting settled in the house a bit we decided to move the girls to the larger room in the back of the house and use the smaller room for a guest room/office. It made more sense to give them the bigger space and larger closet so we got to work on the back room and got them all moved into their new space. They absolutely love it and the brighter, bigger room makes all the difference in the world. We’ve added some pictures and a rug since these photos but you get the general idea.

We love seeing the girls’ holiday performances every year. They are so excited about their songs and usually include some dancing and other surprises. This year was no disappointment as they sang their hearts out in both English and Spanish. The girls were excited to get to be some of the designated dancers for the last song. They did great and it was a super fun morning watching them perform.

Mice again! We loved just doing one part in the first act this year. We’re practically professional mice at this point. They squeezed their giant mouse heads into this photo with the professional dancer. 

We spent Thanksgiving in Arizona this year which was a fun little mini-vacation. We got to spend some time with Sarah, Tim, Zack and Nick, visit Great Grandma Rita and have Thanksgiving with some of my extended family, spend time with Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Mary and I even got in some shopping time. Plus we worked in pub trivia with Mary. It was a great weekend trip spent with some of our wonderful families. I worked in a brief photo shoot of the kids since they were dressed up for dinner. Love how they turned out!

Halloween fun with my Harry Potter-loving girls and Andrew the fireman/army guy/pirate (depending on the day/event). We did the usual trunk-or-treat at St. Thomas, school dress-up/parades and Halloween night. We started Halloween night at the neighbor's house since they do a little Halloween potluck while everyone waits for it to get dark. It was nice to meet some more of the families on the street. The kids had fun trick or treating in our new neighborhood with their friends. This neighborhood is crazy on Halloween! Our street is mostly quiet, which is nice, but the rest of the neighborhood is crazy busy with tons of parties, kids, trick or treaters and this was in the middle of the week! I'm sure it's even more fun when Halloween is on a weekend. It was a super fun night and we loved Halloween in our new neighborhood.