Thanksgiving

I know we're just a few minutes away from Christmas, but I'm going to sneak Thanksgiving in!!  It was another wonderful Thanksgiving, with a few twists to the normal pattern. It was 4.5 days off of work jam-packed with lots of fun and so many reminders of all that we have to be thankful for... 

The O'Donnells came to our house for dinner on Wednesday night and I took exactly one picture.  It was so sweet seeing Ellie reading to the boys. We had such a great time catching up, cooking, eating and playing. 



The next morning, since we weren't all going to be together for Thanksgiving dinner, Stephanie had a great idea to have a Thanksgiving breakfast and watch the parade.  It was a gorgeous day and Grandma had raked up a huge pile of leaves for the kids to play in and we had a delicious breakfast to boot!  

Check this out - he's in midair! :)!

After all of that fun and a nap, we headed to Uncle Harold and Judy's for Thanksgiving Dinner.  It's usually at Grams and Gramps', but since Uncle Harold and Judy were going to be in FL for Christmas, and they usually host Christmas Eve, we switched things up and had Thanksgiving in their lovely home.

The next day it was time for the 2nd Annual Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt.  This year we had a new neighborhood so the list was a bit different.  But it was just as fun!  

I'm not sure that my heart could be any more full.  Life is so very good and I am so very thankful. Thanks to all who made it a great Thanksgiving and sure hope you all had a fantastic one as well!

Santa's List

Block center in Jack's room is apparently closed for a while due to some spat over blocks or something of that nature, so Jack has come home every day with piles of drawings and such that he's made in art center, the 2nd best thing to block center.  It's so much fun to get him to tell you what he had in mind when he was drawing.  This one came home the other day and really gave us a good chuckle...

I wish I had recorded his exact explanation but it went something like this:

Jack: "See Rudolph and his harness?"

Momma: "Oh yes, look at that harness!  Well, what about his nose?  It's not red. Maybe it's one of the other reindeer?"

Jack: "Well, I only had a black ink pen Momma.  It's ok.  It's still Rudolph.  You can just pretend it's red."

Momma: "Oh! OK. He looks great Jack."

Jack: See my name?  It says Lion Jack Kenworth. It's not in the right place but Santa will understand."

Momma: "Oh yeah, are you going to send this picture to Santa?  I bet he will love it!"

Jack:  "Well, it was supposed to be Santa's good list.  See that G over there (upper left corner) and this B (flipping the paper over, sure enough, there's a B).  That's G for Good and B for Bad."

Momma: "Oh, so YOU'RE on the GOOD list, huh?  And did Skylar put herself on the good list too?"

Jack: "No, I did.  She's been good."

Momma:  "What's this name all marked out up here at the top?"

Jack:  "Well, that's Emmett.  He was on the good list but he's not any more!"

Momma and Daddy were laughing a LOT at this point.

Jack: "Momma, the people on the other side of the ocean are eating breakfast now."

Momma: "Yeah, that's about right."

Jack: "Momma, England is on the other side of the ocean, but New England is on this side of the ocean." 

Momma: "Yes, that's right..."

Jack: "But Santa can get across the ocean.  So it's ok.  He'll get presents to them too."

Momma:  "Oh of course buddy, don't worry about it.  He'll make sure everyone on the good list gets presents."

Jack: "OK, so can I watch some more of the Packers Bears game?"

This may have been the same day that in the morning, before school, I was having my usual standoff with Max about getting dressed and I might have raised my voice.  Jack marched in the kitchen and said "Momma, Buddy (our elf on the shelf) is watching you too you know!"  Oh me.  Yes, yes he is, isn't he?

Hope the season is going well for everyone and your shopping is just about done.  Be careful these next few days to keep yourself on the "G" list! 

Merry Christmas...

Christmas Card

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Merry Christmas!