Thanksgiving Recap

We started off Thursday morning with realizing we had done our grocery budget wrong for the month and had $140 left for groceries...but not needing any groceries we decided to treat ourselves to breakfast out. And because the grocery budgeting had been so rough on me, I was allowed to pick IHOP. Mmmmm.

We came home and did a little playing:




And I did a little cooking. I made an artichoke dip appetizer and then moved on to boil the sweet potatoes. Well, I had forgotten that Dalton stuck a walnut in the burner on the stove the other day. I didn't get it out immediately the other day because I didn't want the boys to see me touching the burners...they need to believe those are always off limits. Anyway, I forgot and when I turned on the burner it totally caught on fire sending walnut ash around the kitchen. Had to put that out and move to a different burner. Eek! But I was able to finish up my sweet potato casserole with praline topping and after quiet time and naps were over we were on our way to Grammy's (my grandparents).

The boys were looking pretty cute. Easton doesn't really have any "dress-up" clothes so we went with harvesty colors:




And Dalton was looking super slick in Easton's little button-down from last year:




Lauren was super-festive in the pigrim hat Moosie brought:


And thank goodness for text messaging to keep immediately in touch with the loved ones who can't be with you on the holiday. I looked over and saw both my sisters texting away with who knows who:


When they both finally put their phones away for a bit we entertained ourselves by posing for pictures of ourselves:




We got some funny ones too...and then my aunt offered to take some of us...we did the "see no, hear no, speak no evil" thing but no one remembers what order it goes in:


And Dalton felt the need to join us:


Then it was time for dinner. We had a delicious spread with all the traditional fixin's. We brought food for the boys but Easton was anxious to try some stuffing. He saw it on Max & Ruby that morning and it was all he could think about. He tried one bite and spit it right out. Oh well. Jason also insisted Easton try some of my sweet potato casserole. He just knew Easton would like it but Easton insisted, "I don't actually like potatoes!" but he eventually had some, liked it, and had some more.

He later entertained himself and us with his favorite party trick:


And Lauren played too:


And the festive hat made the rounds again:


Gramoo always brings lots of stuff to keep my boys happy. We used to bring stuff too but stopped because her stuff is new to the boys and much more exciting. She's helping Dalton with some festive stamps:


And a parachute toy with Easton:


Eventually all of us moved away from the table and over to hang out with the toys.

Easton and my uncle Jeff got to playing all kinds of fun, rough housey games. Easton had soooooo much fun and "Deff" was all he could talk about before he fell asleep in the car on the way home. Dalton wasn't quite so sure about Jeff and would get close before fleeing into the arms of someone he deemed safer. He'll come around.

We came home and got the boys straight into bed.

Friday morning we hung around the house before I got ready to go meet my mom and sisters at a spa downtown. It was Jessica's last day in town and my mom arranged for a special girl-bonding treat. Jessica and I had massages (in the same room) and my mom and Lauren had facials. I enjoyed a complimentary mimosa and then we all met up again and walked down the street for some lunch. It was a fun time. Thank you so much, Moo!

I came home and hung out with the fam some more. LSU was still on. Then Jason made dinner for himself and the boys. I was still full.

Today we woke up to this:


You can bet my boys were chomping at the bit to go out. So as soon as we finished with breakfast that's what they did:






Easton and Jason went to shovel the driveway after they were done playing. Easton even has his own little shovel. Dalton stayed in with me folding laundry. When they came in Eas watched Polar Express. We TiVo'd it last night. It has commerical breaks and when one comes on and it's time to fast forward he alerts us with "next stop, Mom!" or "next level". :)

After lunch, Dalton went down for his nap and Eastie and I headed to the library. He had some movies on hold and we got a bunch of Christmas books before coming home for his quiet time. Now he's sitting next to me watching Cinderella.

This afternoon we're all going out shopping. We have a new Christmas tree on our list, as well as this year's ornaments, and Easton is in need of a few new clothes and jammies. Dalton has way too many clothes...


Easton is lacking maybe a few things:


Especially when it comes to nicer clothes.

Anyway, we'll be finishing up our movie here shortly and heading out. But Jason was wondering if I was ever going to blog again since I've become rather fond (not quite addicted) to a couple of the games on Facebook.

This one's for you, Loms. :)