Remember the Stanford Days?

Ray's Book Signing at Kepler's Books

Kung Fu Panda...

High five! Let's walk!

10 months and a turkey on her head

T-rex and T-rex with food

More fun with cousins!

November Recap

It seems we missed posts during the entire month of November! Now we're facing the downhill rush toward Christmas...Time to recap a wonderful November month. If you have photos, post them! Siblings -- give us your latest. We want to see all the little cousins! Stay tuned for a lot of photos and updates.

Thiel Halloween

Mom sent us out a couple packages filled with treats and costumes prior to Halloween. The girls loved them! Thank goodness Grandma had the foresight to pack 2 pairs of red sandals. As you can see, Daryn REALLY likes dressing up... Claire, not so much. She was not happy when I was trying out her costume on her. She was a bit wary about the whole Halloween thing. She wasn't a fan of pulling out pumpkin guts. She said "It's too dirty" while Daryn was attempting to eat any and all stray pumpkin seeds.

We finally coerced her into her "Boo" costume* with the promise that she would get candy.

At that point she definitely caught on to the spirit of Halloween:

(Obviously she eventually got some candy).

We made an appearance at Trunk or Treat and then in downtown Sugar Land where all the stores opened up and passed out candy. By that time Claire was ready to put on the whole costume if it meant more treats. There were lots of kids, adults and DOGS dressed up. So many people said Daryn was sooo cute as she was toddling down the sidewalk (They also thought she was a boy dressed as a dog**, but that's ok).

*Boo! is an obscure British cartoon that we watch online (hulu). It consists of Boo, a patchwork pear-shaped character, and his friends laughing duck, sleeping bear, and growling tiger. These guys hide all over the place and little British kids - they have an accent, and I stink with accents so they might be Australian? - find them. It has kind of warped Claire's understanding of Hide 'n Seek because now whenever we get close she jumps out and says "Here she is!"

** If Daryn's costume looks familiar it's the same "Red Baron" coverall we used last year for Claire's Scooby-Doo costume. It's a very versatile costume. Maybe a little too versatile...

Halloween!

No, not an Ewok. A Wookie. We finally got Jared to look at the camera by telling him to point his blaster at the camera.
At the ward Trunk-or-Treat party.
Cousin time! Kara's family came over and we made sugar cookies and the kids frosted them with homemade frosting. Fun!