Ava, Alex, Jackson, Aiden and Carli
Aiden and Ava playing the piano at Grandmas
Aiden and Ava with their Grandma Gerri
Our family- Thanksgiving 2010Another Thanksgiving has come and gone...what an eventful weekend!
Last Wednesday, after the kids and I got home, Aiden finally lost his front tooth! The tooth fairy brought him one of his favorite books, the magic treehouse book about Thanksgiving and put a $5.00 bill in it! He was super excited to wake up Thursday morning and find that under his pillow!
We drove to my parents on Thursday morning, and spent the afternoon eating and visiting with my parents, grandfather, mother in law and my nieces and nephew. The kids played BINGO after we ate and Grandma was handing out cash prizes so there was a lot of competition happening among the cousins! Once again all the food was fantastic! My niece Carli, decided she wanted to come stay the weekend with us so I made arrangements with my Mom to meet half way on Sunday...
We got up early Friday morning and headed back with the three kids! Chris had to go into the office so once Ava took a nice nap the kids and I headed to the mall. I know I am CRAZY! Normally I wouldn't go near the mall on Black Friday but....Victoria's Secret was giving away a cute tote only on Friday with a $60 purchase...so I went for that reason and of course they were out of them! But, I did get some perfume for $16 so it's wasn't all a loss, and I exchanged and returned shirts for Chris. The kids went to build a bear and Carli made a reindeer for her other Aunt that is currently in treatment for cancer. It was so sweet of her and she spent her own money on it too. I let Ava run around the kids area for a little while but it was a little out of control so we didn't stay long...we then headed to target, yes, even CRAZIER! Friday evening we watched National Lampoons Christmas vacation, which is one of my favoirte holiday movies :-)
Saturday, it was the big day OSU vs. Michigan, but I had told Carli and Aiden I would take them ice skating and the only time the rink was opened was 1:15-3:15- of course the game was at noon. So I did what every good Mommy/Aunt does and took them ice skating! We had a lot of fun! We checked the score of the game every so often, watched a little of the high school boys play hockey in the rink next door and just had a great afternoon! Later that evening, we all headed to Red Robin for dinner, then Carli and I watched the Last Song before bed. I loved having her there. I miss her already. She was so much help with Ava, wanting to push her stroller in the mall or get her in and out of the car seat or her booster when she ate. Aiden and her also get along so well, too bad we can't keep her!
Sunday morning we got ready and I met my Mom half way. I took the kids with me so Chris could work on the Christmas lights. We ate at cracker barrel and headed back home. I took a nice nap and we put up some more Christmas decorations that evening. The only think left is our big tree for the living room but we are going with a real one this year so I think that will be our task for next weekend! I would like to go to a tree farm and cut out own!
Last Wednesday, after the kids and I got home, Aiden finally lost his front tooth! The tooth fairy brought him one of his favorite books, the magic treehouse book about Thanksgiving and put a $5.00 bill in it! He was super excited to wake up Thursday morning and find that under his pillow!
We drove to my parents on Thursday morning, and spent the afternoon eating and visiting with my parents, grandfather, mother in law and my nieces and nephew. The kids played BINGO after we ate and Grandma was handing out cash prizes so there was a lot of competition happening among the cousins! Once again all the food was fantastic! My niece Carli, decided she wanted to come stay the weekend with us so I made arrangements with my Mom to meet half way on Sunday...
We got up early Friday morning and headed back with the three kids! Chris had to go into the office so once Ava took a nice nap the kids and I headed to the mall. I know I am CRAZY! Normally I wouldn't go near the mall on Black Friday but....Victoria's Secret was giving away a cute tote only on Friday with a $60 purchase...so I went for that reason and of course they were out of them! But, I did get some perfume for $16 so it's wasn't all a loss, and I exchanged and returned shirts for Chris. The kids went to build a bear and Carli made a reindeer for her other Aunt that is currently in treatment for cancer. It was so sweet of her and she spent her own money on it too. I let Ava run around the kids area for a little while but it was a little out of control so we didn't stay long...we then headed to target, yes, even CRAZIER! Friday evening we watched National Lampoons Christmas vacation, which is one of my favoirte holiday movies :-)
Saturday, it was the big day OSU vs. Michigan, but I had told Carli and Aiden I would take them ice skating and the only time the rink was opened was 1:15-3:15- of course the game was at noon. So I did what every good Mommy/Aunt does and took them ice skating! We had a lot of fun! We checked the score of the game every so often, watched a little of the high school boys play hockey in the rink next door and just had a great afternoon! Later that evening, we all headed to Red Robin for dinner, then Carli and I watched the Last Song before bed. I loved having her there. I miss her already. She was so much help with Ava, wanting to push her stroller in the mall or get her in and out of the car seat or her booster when she ate. Aiden and her also get along so well, too bad we can't keep her!
Sunday morning we got ready and I met my Mom half way. I took the kids with me so Chris could work on the Christmas lights. We ate at cracker barrel and headed back home. I took a nice nap and we put up some more Christmas decorations that evening. The only think left is our big tree for the living room but we are going with a real one this year so I think that will be our task for next weekend! I would like to go to a tree farm and cut out own!
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