THANKSGIVING, SHOPPING & MORE
Last week went by in a blur....there was no school on Wednesday due to Thanksgiving break. The kids & put up the mini trees in their rooms, mini trees on the main floor & the tree in the entryway. It snowed a lot of the day, so we were really in the Christmas mood.
On Thursday, we celebrated Thanksgiving with a big lunch. It was just Scott, the kids & me. We had a wonderful, quiet day. Scott of course ate way too much & talked ALL day about how much he loves Thanksgiving! After the kitchen was cleaned up, the boys went outside & put up Christmas lights while Allie & I finished putting up Christmas decorations in the house. We all gathered in the living room later in the evening to watch "Home Alone".
Friday morning, I woke up at 4:30 & couldn't sleep so I started online shopping & ordered a few things. The kids & I got on the road to my parent's house by 6:00. I dropped the kids at Mom & Dad's so that Kim, Mandy & I could shop. We were at the mall by 10:00 & still found lots of great deals. We went back to Mom & Dad's, ordered pizza for dinner & celebrated Dad's birthday a day late.
Saturday morning, Mom taught Mandy & I how to make her cinnamon rolls. They were delicious & I need to make them again soon, now that I know how to. The kids and I headed home & made it in time to see the UNI game...it was a great game & we can't wait to see them play again on Saturday.
We spent Sunday with Scott shopping & making a quick trip to the Quad Cities. We were all exhausted when we finally made it home that evening.
I finished wrapping almost all of the Christmas gifts we have bought. We have just a few more to get & we are done. The majority of my baking is finished too, I just have 2 more kinds of cookies, 1 more kind of bread & then a few snack mixes which I can't make until the week that we want to eat them.
This week is pretty quiet. The kids both have friends coming over after school this week to play. Allie had dance earlier in the week. My sister & her kids are coming to visit this weekend. We actually have nothing planned...that will be a nice change!
Allie, Maddie, Jake & Ben pose for a picture.
Jake & Allie ready to play in the fresh snow.
Allie makes her snow angel
Jake loves sliding down the snow covered slide.
Allie put her new Island Princess Barbie ornament on our "Hallmark" tree in the entryway.
Jake puts on his new ESPN ornament.
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