Hey guys :


We've had a fun month!!
I voted for Obama ... Gracie did too, in school. It was so cute, she brought home a little booklet with facts about Obama and McCain. She said she voted for him because his favorite food
is tacos. She was excited to hear we voted for the same person.

We had to call Gracie out of school for 3 days because she had a bad cold. She had a fever, sore throat, runny nose, nasty cough ... the works! But, on Monday, she was bored with
having to stay inside and NOT playing with anyone, she was eager to get back to school.

On the 18th, Olivia cut her 3rd tooth, her top right front tooth (Central Incisor). Her two canine teeth on top looked like they were going to be the next teeth she cut, but her front one came in first. Now she can grind her teeth, and make that sound, joy! She also learned how to click her tongue purposely, before, it was mixed in with other random sounds she made. It's so neat to watch her play and figure out things ... like which way to turn the pacifier to get it in her mouth the right way (they amuse her, but she's still a thumb-sucker!)

Poppa Matt and Gran'ma Holly planned to go to Iowa to visit her family out there for Thanksgiving, so we had an early feast over at their house on the 23rd .. AND we got to house-sit and play with the dogs for four days. Gracie played with Larry
and Duka, we had a blast! Even Olivia had fun, she bonded with Duka (by giggling when she gave Olivia kisses), and she LOVED the cats! She wouldn't really touch them too much, but she got
REALLY excited when she saw one and wanted to get real close, then just looked at me with wide eyes and a HUGE grin!

Olivia was 9 months on Thanksgiving.

So, we had Thanksgiving over at my Aunt Brenda's house with the rest of my mom's side of the family, the "kids" (even though we're all in our 20's now) played Guitar Hero in the basement.
Ahh, brings back memories of playing Knock Out on Nintendo in the basement of Becky's house on their big screen TV ... although, the boys never let ME play. (I am the 1st granddaughter,
so all the boys always picked on me )

On Friday (11/28) I took the girls to the Christmas Parade here in Estes. They had hay rides, pony rides, and you could go see Santa - all FREE! It was pretty chilly all day (HI 38°F) so we didn't go until about 3:30pm. Gracie rode a pony, but said, "..it wasn't fun at all, maybe I'm too old for pony rides." We got some hot cocoa (free) and went to the hay ride, but they stopped at 4pm, so we went to see Santa ... as he was walking inside.
I told Gracie we'd see him another day!

We found a seat on the bleachers in the middle of all the action. The crowd sang Christmas songs until the parade of lights started. It was so cool! Every float (firetrucks included) were covered in lights! By the time we got to the car, it was 35°F and dropping fast. We drove home the back way to avoid the traffic and got home in less than 10 minutes, as opposed to over 45 minutes like during the 4th of July ... having only one main road into our town sux!


Next Entry will be after Christmas

Happy Holidays!
The Harmon Family

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