Family Photo

Eleanor has been into playing with her dolls and doll house. Today we pretended to visit our families in Virginia and Tennessee. I took pictures so that you would know what you look like. I got a kick out of it.
The picture in the doll house is: (left to right) Rowdy (the dog), Mama-Shell, PaPa, Uncle James, Auntie Jen, Uncle John, and the horse that Papa is buying for Eleanor for Christmas. No pressure Papa.
The next family photo is: (Back left row) Sadie (the cat), Aunt Tammie, Mommy, Cousin Matthew, Papa, and Nana. (Front row) Daddy, William, and Eleanor.

Christmas Countdown

We have decided to make a new Hutchins family tradition. We are now going to watch a Christmas movie each weekend a couple of months out so that we can watch as many of the good movies as possible. We will start with movies that are less Christmasie and become more as the weeks go by. Currently the list looks like this:

Definetly watch: The Griswald Family Vacation; The Christmas Carroll, Die Hard I, Nightmare Before Christams, Scrooged, Charlie Brown Christmas, The Elf, Miricle on 34th Street, The Muppets Christmas, The Grinch That Stole Christmas Cartoon, Die Hard II, While You Were Sleeping, The Snowman (Eleanor and I loved this one), and A White Christmas.

Others that we will alternate in:
Die Hard II, The Pollar Express (didn't really love it), Home Alone, and It's A Wonderful Life.

We have already watched many of these movies and I am sure I have left out some good ones. Please make suggestions for movies I have excluded and comment on our list.

Halloween

For Halloween (Reformation Day) we let Eleanor dress up as a flower and knock on some doors in our apartment building. The outfit was so funny. This is her eating chocolate...a rare treat for her. She seems to enjoy it. William is a month old now and time is passing so quickly. He is such a sweet little boy and very laid back.