Ahoy-hoy! Hope everyone is doing great! We had a good week here, and it all started with a snow storm! Hooray! It snowed on Tuesday, but we didn't end up heading out until Wednesday morning. We even brought Grayson out for a little bit for his first snow adventure!
Here's Brooke holding Grayson again! She loves it!
So back to Wednesday. We even let Grayson try sledding for just a bit. Brooke held him and I pulled them a few feet. Also, Monica's friend, Christine, sent us that warmth suite and it arrived Tuesday, just in time to be used! While out in the snow, the girls also decided to sled like Olaf, as he slides on his stomach down a hill in Frozen. Pretty impressive.
We did most all the snow things, including snow angels, sledding and a snow ball fight. The girls even wanted to sled down the sloppy side of our yard instead of just being pulled in circles. Brooke even helped push Winry down the hill at least once.
On Thursday we cooked up a Thanksgiving feast for the 5 of us. While things were cooking we spent time together as a family, and we even watched Mouse on the Mayflower, our Thanksgiving tradition! It's an old cartoon from the 1960s, and I saw something about it last year and we watched it then. 2 years in a row, serious tradition! Anyway, Winry fell asleep on the couch during the movie. She looked a bit like this.
Shortly after we finished Tyson and Tina showed up to share some of their Thanksgiving wares and take some of ours. My dad came out to help with their addition for the week, and took the opportunity to hold Grayson for a minute or two. If you only looked at the top of their heads, it would be hard to tell who was older!
Back in the house, and a few hours later, Thanksgiving was ready! Here's Monica with the bounty she prepared. Everything was super great, and everyone loved it!
I mean everyone! Jelly even got to have some of the turkey. She loved it.
After dinner we let the kids do the wishbone. It went great! In the end, I won the wishbone! However, I didn't have my wish true enough in my heart and it failed...
I forgot to mention that when my Dad came, he also dropped off a bad from Niki. It was full of some care bear stuff she had! The girls have LOVED them!! Here's Winry the next morning making sure Champ bear is doing well.
Also, along with the food, Tyson and Tina brought us some crafts to do. We did them the day after Thanksgiving, just in time to put them in a box to use to decorate next year. Here's the turkey I made!
Brooke and Winry love to play with Grayson. This past week Winry was helping him do the wheel on the bus, etc. I missed when they actually did the wheels though.
On Saturday we went and got our Christmas tree! We picked it up earlier in the day and spent the rest of the day decorating the tree, putting lights up around the house, and sprucing up present! Brooke and Monica are on a quest to put curly ribbons or a bow on every present under the tree. Also, they're aiming to add a sticker to/from label.
That evening I got dog piled on. Fortunately everyone is still small enough that it was actually fun. Also, shortly after they got up Winry started to spin on the floor. No clue where that came form, but it was great to watch.
Today we headed to the trail to go for a walk as a family. Grayson started losing it once we got as far from the car as we were going. Seems appropriate. I don't actually think he was cold in his car seat, but he was happier being bundled up in my jacket, so this is how I carried him back to the car. However, I didn't realize I hunched over to get him in, and about half way back to the car my back really started to feel it... We made it though.
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