AT LAST - neighbors!!!

yes it's affirmative - life here in asheville just keeps getting better! just before halloween we realized that there was other form of life living here other then bears we've been known to see.

we were BOO'd by a darling little girl named maris. not only is maris bright and bubbly she is 5 and has just started kindergarten as well. and hold on folks it get better - maris has a sister who is 2!!! how perfect is that? and here is the icing on the cake; maris seems to have incredible parents as well, doug and mary lynn.

we graciously accepted an invite to their harvest housewarming party and above are just a few of the pics we snapped.

1. kate & maris bobbing for apples

2. maris - striking a pose

3. trey with his catch

4. me and some random baby i was drooling all over

5. a happy trey in a very happy wig

we look forward to getting to know our new neighbors better and enjoying lots of play dates!

playing in the front yard with the tripod ~

breaking out the new equipment ~

we are expecting nextdoor neighbors in april - YEAH!!! before the footers were poured the kids thoroughly enjoyed visiting the site and after the crew finished for the day.

kate's feast at oakley elementary ~

the day after we celebrated with trey we were able to join kate for her thanksgiving feast. our little pilgrim girl melted our heart as she marched into the rotunda. and just for the record - we love oakley elementary but we do not love the school lunches they serve. i am not sure what i can do but i am going to make it my mission to try and get involved. kate takes her lunch however on this day she wanted to try the school's turkey feast. notice all that she ate, her apple. i can't say i blame her. i managed to choke down some green beans. pete didn't touch a thing. below is a picture of our favorite tree on campus. we've enjoyed it all fall.

celebrating with trey's class at ATSP

i was delighted to join trey and his entire class at ATSP just before break for their fall celebration. the "little darlings" kicked off the performance component with a little song and dance which trey wanted nothing to do with. following that we all enjoyed some tasty fall favorites.

trey loves miss lydia ~

i've said it before and i'll say it again; good child care is PRICELESS!!! so wish we could have kept miss lydia but we know that she needed to go. trey was thrilled to have her back one day last week and is already talking about seeing her this weekend. ahhhh!

we miss you TOO!

trey is feeling better ~

the "crud" has been going around and trey got hit by it pretty hard. feeling a little better and getting a few more Z's. so let's PAINT!

a heartfelt THANK YOU goes out to our miss heather ~

not only has this amazing woman quickly become a dear friend but check this out...

on top of everything else she is a crafty little momma and kate is reaping the benefits. kate is totally digging her new poncho. so much so kate asked if I could make a matching poncho for "baby allison" as a thanksgiving surprise. shhhhhh - don't tell anyone but we picked up the fabric tonight and with a little help from miss heather we're going to give it a whirl.

pudding anyone?

yes - it has finally happened. kate and trey have fallen in love with pudding. it took many failed attempts but here's all that was left...