Hanna's Birthday

Hanna is such a sweet girl. She never asks for anything and even when I ask what she wants for her birthday she hesitates and is just happy with anything. This year after much prodding she finally said that she's really been wanting a dress coat. So I got her one on black Friday. But after she got home from school today we ran to Costco and she saw this coat. I could tell immediately that she was in love. She was so excited and she kept wearing it around the store telling us to feel how soft the pockets are and how warm it is. She is now deciding if she wants to keep the dress coat I got her and unwrap it again as a Christmas gift, or have me take it back. Carter feel off the top of a tredmill and landed on a chair with his mouth. His bottom teeth pushed about half way through his lower lip. He was very "big and brave" for how bad of a sore this made. The pictures don't really do it justice and I didn't even want to post a picture of the inside. The Saturday before Thanksgiving Sara and I ran the "turkey trot". It is a relay race that is won by estimating your time rather than running the fastest. We said that we would run our 2-miles in 24 minutes because I wasn't sure that Sara would run the whole thing. We ended up running it in 23:48 so we were really close to our time but, the winners were only off by 1 second. It was a great accomplishment for Sara to finish her first race and run 2 whole miles! There was also a race in our neighborhood but they only ran 1 mile. Hanna did that one and ran it in 8:04. She's much faster than her mom! We love the huge willow tree in our backyard so so so so much! BUT.... this time of year I HATE it! It is so messy!!!! Allie came in the other day with leaves all over and said she was the leaf monster.

Sara's Hair

Sara planned to donate her hair, but then she decided that she loves it long. Yesterday when Hanna got her hair cut Sara kept saying, "no, I'm not cutting mine!" But then this morning she realized that she could donate 10 inches and her hair would still be somewhat long. So, I called and asked them to get her in as soon as possible so she wouldn't change her mind. It's so cute! I'm so proud of my girls. They were both very excited to give their hair to someone in need.

Hanna's Hair

Hanna has been growing out her hair for over a year and she decided that today was the day to donate it. They cut 10 inches off and sent it to "locks of love" to make wigs for kids with cancer. She looks adorable! In other news... Katie came to see us so we are in party mode. Last night she was telling the kids a story and they were all so enraptured.