It's been a while but like usual it's been busy around here.

We are preparing to go to my parents' house on Thanksgiving for a little over a week. Nick will be staying home this time because he doesn't have enough vacation days for the trip and his ear surgery so he's having it while we're gone, his mother is going to be staying with him, so he can recover without the demands of two young children who wouldn't understand outside of "Daddy's got a boo boo."

We're going to be sending our stuff ahead of time so we don't have to bother with the baggage fees and it'll be one less thing for me to deal with. But that means that we're a week away from leaving and I'm packing. Having to keep in mind that we will be here for another week.

In checking that the camera is good to go, because packing has put me in the "travel mode", I've found some pictures that I haven't put up yet.

I was cleaning the entry way and Ben decided he wanted to help Mommy mop the floor.

I do wish he would leave his shirt on, but he doesn't want the sleeves to get wet.

We started giving Ayla the little puff things to she can get the hang of feeding herself.

See? She's getting it.