Thanksgiving Weekend!

We have been busy around here! We stayed in town for Thanksgiving this year and we all went over to Courtney's moms house to have dinner with her family. All of the usual suspects were there and Sam got to enjoy his first Thanksgiving with all his friends. We were very thankful to have all these great people in our lives. Friday, Cheri got up super early and hit the black friday shopping which is her crazy tradition! Aunt Co Co called and since she wanted to go shopping too, I volunteered to watch all the childrens. So, Sam, Bella, Aidan, Evan and I partied our butts off with no supervision and gorged out on ice cream and pie.

Saturday was Uncle Joes birthday. We all went to the mall and saw Santa and the Cat in the Hat. Sam was a tiny bit scared of Santa, he did eventually warm up to him and did not look at all uncomfortable in Santas lap. We did not get much of a smile for the picture, but we did get a very cute one of Santa reading to him. He is stating to grasp the concept of Santa and what he does. He knows Ho Ho Ho very well. We spent the rest of the morning at the story time with the Cat, playing on the big food at Macarthur and eating pizza at Granby Street Pizza. Sam is growing so much everyday in so many ways, it is so fun to watch. The way he interacts with the other kids is fun to watch.

Today, I did my best Clark Griswold impression and hung the exterior lights on the house. It is a process that takes about 5 hours, pending burnt out light slowdowns. As of right now, all the lights are functioning and burning bright. Inside we were able to get all the Christmas stuff out of the attic and get the tree set up with all the lights. We will probably start decorating tomorrow or Tuesday. Sam is good at hanging the lower ornaments.

He is such a sweet kid and we can't wait to see the glow in his eyes this season.