Thanksgiving 2014
It’s Thanksgiving! We gathered over at Steve and Sue’s house, along with Marci, Pete and Julie. Sue had prepared a beautiful meal for us all. The kids amused everyone with their antics (I choose to believe “amused” rather than “annoyed”..!) The kids loved Grandma’s pumpkin tower outside. They each got a special surprise–a personalized ornament! They love having their names on them, and how they light up. Kendall brought over her...
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Happy Thanksgiving! It certainly was for me–I got to take it easy, since we were invited to spend Thanksgiving at Steve and Sue’s house this year. Don’t get me wrong, I really do enjoy making the whole spread, but I’m the first to admit it was a lot easier when the kids were smaller (or not here yet!) Instead of getting up early to start the turkey, I played with the kids. They did some dress-up with their playsilks, and I surprised them with their new Christmas...
Read MoreBrian’s Thanksgiving Play
Today was Brian’s Thanksgiving play at Root! He was adorable dressed up as a construction-paper pilgrim. 🙂 Each kid had a few lines to recite, and every few lines the class did a song together. Brian had been practicing his lines quite a bit, and was well prepared. We’d even overheard him singing the songs now and then, when he thought we weren’t listening! He had wanted them to be a surprise. 😉 Brian was just bursting with pride as he marched into the room, he was so...
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