Thanksgiving

You may wonder why we glossed over Thanksgiving. Well for one, I am always on catch up mode with updating the blog. Another, we forgot, yes actually forgot, to take just one picture on this holiday. My friend recently discussed Mama points on her site, and I guess I lost major points on this one! The day was a busy one, here are the events.

• We woke up Thanksgiving morning and went to church. I love ringing bells on holidays and festivals.
• We visited our neighbors upon returning home. They are 80 years old and love our children. Their kitchen window facees our side/back yard and they have watched Simon and Norah grow through that window. So, we felt a hello and a Happy Thanksgiving was in order.
• We then packed up the needed equipment for two kids to be gone for the rest of the day as well as my two pumpkin pies and cheesy potatoes and went to Eric's brother's house. Spent the day there playing with cousins, eating, talking, and your other typical Thanksgiving day rituals. I watched the least amount of football on turkey day, which was none! Eric told me that the I didn't miss much.
• Came home late and went straight to bed!

I was sitting down at Eric's brother's house for the first break of the day when I realized I didn't have my camera. How horrible is that! So does dressing the kids in the same clothes and snapping a few photos after the fact count as marking Norah's first Thanksgiving? Maybe I'll get half of the Mama-points back!

Black Friday was spent entirely at home! Saturday, we enjoyed a yummy breakfast - french toast bake and mimosas - may be repeated for Christmas morning. Then I took Simon to see a movie, free as a courtesy of the realtor that sold us our house 7 years ago - free pop and popcorn too! We stopped at Target to buy Norah a present from Simon, so cute to see what he thinks she wants. The tree was put up by Eric while we were gone! That evening, Eric and I enjoyed a dinner out and some shopping for ourselves. Our conversational topics actually did not include the kids.!

Sunday I spent four hours baking cookies with three girlfriends and came home with what seemed like a dozen different types of baked goodies. The freezer is stocked with Christmas goodies just waiting to be gobbled up! I came home to lights and the star on the tree, courtesy of Eric and Simon. Simon NEEDED the star on top of the tree, so it was the first decoration instead of the last decoration on the tree. Why is the topper always last anyways? Then Eric, Simon, and I spent the evening putting the ornaments on the tree. So much fun and so magical.

Monday morning Simon woke to a completely decorated tree, stockings on the mantel, and fresh snow on the ground. He was ready with boots on at 7:00 a.m. to play outside. The little boy could not contain his excitement.

We had a truly wonderful, and relaxing Thanksgiving weekend. We have so many things to be thankful for and our lives are blessed beyond our expectations!