Crazy days filled of Halloween,Birthdays, and Giving Thanks!

This time of year always seems to catch me off guard and go by fast. Aiden is busy at school, JP is growing like crazy, and Keith and I are working a lot. Oh and of course, the whole family has been sick...again. So I've been behind on updating my blog- my apologies :)


First of all Halloween- It was good this year, but both boys were under the weather with colds. Aiden had a "school parade" which I was able to be a part of and he was so cute. They walked around the room and then performed a few songs.

The parade consisted of the intermediate class (Aiden's class- which is 3 days a week and consist of 3 and 4 yrs old) and the preK classes (which are 3 or 4 days per week and 4-5 yrs). You could tell the Pre K class had been practicing as they seem to know the words and were more up to speed then Aiden's class. My Mom, Keith's parents, and my sister were all there with us to "celebrate".

That night we went over to our friend's house in West Chester, the McDonalds. We've been having weekly dinner dates with them since early this year and so they invited us to go Trick or Treat around their neighborhood. We went to a bunch of houses, but between the boys colds and it being chilly, we didn't stay out for long. 

Aiden was Jake of the Neverland Pirates (a Disney Jr Show) and JP sported (Aiden's) Charlie Brown costume.

After Halloween, we started preparing ourselves for having a 4 yr old! So hard for me to believe, but our "baby" Aiden turned 4 on November 20th!

As always Aiden's birthday is a week or so celebration. He's lucky to have a birthday close to the holidays, I guess. It started with a birthday celebration at school on Friday the 16th, were he brought in brownies and got to be the line leader and it was a day about him.

Then on Sat the 17th, we went to celebrate our good friends Frank and Kevin's birthdays, and Aiden was also celebrated there too! They even got him a cake with a candle, which made his night! Then Sunday we went to see Santa (typically we do that on his birthday, but since we were at the mall we decided to say hi then).  On Tuesday, it was HIS day! We had planned to go to the Please Touch Museum, but the story of my life....both kids had colds (BTW- so over this school thing and colds...I'm sick of snot- LOL).

Aiden still had a great day! He loved opening all his presents and seemed to be so into all of them. He "cooked" with the play pizza and cookie set that we bought him and he also did some "fishing" with the new game we got him.

All in all, it was  a lot of fun and he was looking forward to celebrating with the rest of his family on Thanksgiving. He also got a birthday kiss from his baby brother.

Thanksgiving is always at our house- we invited Keith's and my parents, Keith's brother and wife, our niece and two nephews, and this year we had the added bonus of my cousin and the long time Paster and his wife of Keith's family, the Briggs (they married Keith's brother, baptized our niece and nephews, and married us!)

It was a great day and a time to give Thanks- especially for our precious bundle of joy that arrived 4 years ago. Aiden had a blast playing with Natalie and Marc, and my cousin Amanda joined in with the fun.

Keith (as always) made a Turkey and this year we did 2! Both were delicious and there was so much food! After the Turkey was done, we took to celebrating our boy! We did presents and cake for dessert. He loves open the presents and of course this year it's at a rapid pace.

It was a great night with family and filled with joy. We also took to torturing or capturing the newest/youngest Giosa members that we're thankful for this year- Jonathan and Matthew.

As you can imagine trying to take a picture of an ALMOST 9 month old and a 7 month old wasn't easy and to top it off it was bedtime...but they faired pretty well!

And to top it all off, today Jonathan turned 9 months...so hard to believe, it's just going by so quickly! We're so enjoying watching him grow and learn. He now crawls all over the place and is quick. He's also pulling himself up a lot and walks with objects (like boxes). He's also my troublemaker so don't buy his cute and innocent face- LOL

Well we hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and is looking forward to the holiday season and spending time with their love ones! We wish everyone a Happy Holiday!!