Eeek. November is over and I have not posted in over a month! I wish I could say big things happened, but not really. Kevin does have his car back (finally!) which just happened this week. So, here is a summary of the month and a few pictures from the holidays.

Holiday 1: Veteran’s Day! The hamster re-appeared on Veteran’s Day, courtesy of Ashley. He was very patriotic, and Kevin was touched. For all of the veterans out there – thank you.

As for the girls, Kayla is just going along doing what she does! She has started taking Adderall twice a day on school/important days. It does seem to help, which is a relief. We are working on her application to Woodlands Academy, and hope to get that mailed in the next few weeks. Kayla is also visiting Mom’s to have her hair done today….more pictures to come!

Ashley has her recital coming up next week. She is also going to participate in the school Solo and Ensemble contest in February. She will play the piano. Her teacher is looking for good pieces for that contest, pieces that will stretch Ashley and give her a chance to get good judge feedback. I saw Canon in D and Swan Lake on the piano. Ashley also had her belt test this past Sunday before Thanksgiving. She earned 3 out of 4 stripes for her test (a great job!), and so she is now an orange belt! We ordered the new belt, and I will post a picture once it arrives. She was very excited! Unless she aces her next belt test in the spring, she won’t color up again until next Nov/Dec, when she would move to yellow.

And now holiday 2, Thanksgiving! I only got a few pictures, and by the time we got to pie I was too distracted. Oh well! The food was good, the company was just right, and we got to watch the dog show!

The stuffing….

The girls…

The family…

The bird after we got done with it. Poor turkey….

Tradition in our house is to put up our Christmas stuff the day after Thanksgiving. We have a new addition to our decor this year – the little ceramic tree that Grandma used to sit on her coffee table. It feels like we have a little piece of Grandma with us still, seeing that little tree. Kayla put all of the lights on it.

A quick addition: Kayla got her hair dyed a fun shade of blue. Doesn’t it look awesome?