ELLIE IS! 
The Saturday after Thanksgiving is our traditional Craft Family Christmas Tree day. Apparently, we are the only ones this year not deterred by early Thanksgiving b/c we literally were the first ones to take a tree off the lot. They were just putting out the trees when we rolled up and grabbed our Chanaukah Bush, urm, I mean Christmas tree. (having a 6'8" ceiling really limits AC's vision of the perfect tree.) We decorated that afternoon, and have a lovely tree with an overly laden bottom half. Ho Ho Ho.
Billy had a mini-photo shoot on Thanksgiving. He'd strike a pose for me, run over to "tee it" on my camera, then run back and repose. Very cute- I think the boy has a future in the modeling industry. 
One of the kids' fave games to play with dad is Crab Car. They all three pile on and go for a ride. If AC has enough energy, they even do Crab races. The best part is watching when AC is tired and trying to stop the game, but Ellie refuses to get off. I think we all know who wins!
The kids had a great halloween. Chloe was a lovely Princess, and Hayden a Clone Trooper. Ellie, of course, was a very serious Tinkerbell. We had fun trick-or-treating with our friends Maya, Luca and Ryder, and they brought home lots of candy for mom to eat.
