Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from the Hoffmans!

Time Well Spent

An evening with Grandma and Grandpa--what could be better? Check out the faces on these two kids and you'll find your answer: Nothing!

It's Potty Time!

New Monkey Pajamas! Maria is loving it, and
Mitchell is thinking, "Aw, Mom, do we have to dress alike?"

In reality, Maria doesn't really care what we put her in,
and Mitchell was the one who said Maria had to wear her
Monkey jammies just like him! He is an awesome Big Brother!

Tandem Toilets!!!

Mitchell went potty on the potty chair on November 12, 2007! And again today, November 13, 2007. What a big day in the Hoffman House!

Mitchell called Uncle Brent to tell him, "I went potty!" and we're not sure what Uncle Brent said to Mitchell; however, later on Mitch was playing with his cars and one car said to the other, "Now you're just like everyone else!" Grandma called later and boy was she proud of her little guy!



Maria doesn't have a large vocabulary, but the last two days she's been running around saying,"Potty!" She wanted to be just like her big brother (I sure can relate!), so we took off her diaper so she could sit on the potty and wouldn't you know it...she went! And no, it was not a coincidence, because she did it again tonight!

Thomas the Tank Engine and the Fire Dog

We picked up the kids from Weecare Daycare Center where they both had Halloween parties earlier. There is a parade in town for the little trick or treaters where the local businesses give out candy. They actually close down the main drag for an hour so the kiddos can go safely from store to store. We met Grandma and Grandpa downtown and they walked with us. It was pretty busy, so we didn't stand in line for much candy. It was fun just walking around and seeing all of the costumes! Mitch would "choo choo" up to the people and they would put his candy in his little smoke stack in front!

After the parade we met Grandma and Grandpa at our house where they brought us dinner from the "Chicken Nugget Store"--even though we only got cheeseburgers by mistake!!! We survived, nothing a few Reese's Peanutbutter Cups couldn't solve! Mitch really got into the trick or treating spirit around our neighborhood--everyone was so great! We are about the only kids they expected to see and they had special bags made for both kids at every house!

We stopped by the Dombeck's house to see their set up--talk about a family's favorite holiday!!! They had smoke machines and mechanical frankensteins and his bride and all kinds of lights and spooky stuff!

Then it was on to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the last stop! Happy Halloween!

Halloween Prep

We worked with Mitchell a little bit this year. Instead of trying to get him into a costume the night of Halloween when everything is crazy anyway, we started preparing him early! He loved his Thomas the Tank Engine costume, but then he thought he wanted to be a Fire Dog. We let him try it on, but it was a little too tight as it was ordered to fit Maria! Then he thought he might want to be Elmo again this year. He had the whole thing on, he took about five steps towards the bathroom to look in the mirror and he said, "Take it Off!" Too constricting, I guess! His little train outfit was the best! He wore it a little bit every day leading up to Halloween!

Brother Chris Visits!

Brother Chris came down for the weekend of the Housewarming on Hagen in October. They all play so well together! Chris even got some chores done while he was here...nice! We look forward to seeing him again over Thanksgiving weekend and for his Christmas concert at Orchestra Hall on December 6th!

Dad's New Toy!

Arctic Cat, I think! Vroom! Let's hope we get some snow so Chuck can ride it!