We hosted our first Thanksgiving. It was such fun, all the shopping, preparing, planning, cooking. Without tooting my own horn too much, I'm proud of the way the meal turned out! Sorry, no pictures. Things were made a little more hectic because Nat came down with some kind of mystery illness (fever and poor appetite) the day before Thanksgiving, then sort of head cold like symptoms a couple of days later. Then Ben got it, then Eric, and so far I've been the lone holdout.
I'm happy to report that everyone is pretty well on the mend. Ben is even sleeping back in his bed tonight, rather than sitting up in his chair like he's been for the past few nights.
Last night I got to enjoy a night out to dinner and Jersey Boys downtown with the ladies. I showered, dried my hair, put on makeup. I would have felt like a million bucks just going grocery shopping like that! So in between Christmas carols today, I've been humming Four Seasons tunes. If you have the opportunity to see Jersey Boys, please do. You won't be disappointed.
We've got a busy month coming up, so I'll try to stay on top of keeping you all up to date...
Today we broke out the Christmas decorations. Over 12 hours later, we're still at it. Let me just say that it is significantly more time-consuming to decorate the house when you're chasing a toddler and tending to an infant. Obviously, right?
Monday we have plans to go to the Festival of Lights at the zoo. Eric and I have a shopping date for next week. We're hosting Eric's company party and Nat's 2nd birthday party, we've got Christmas, a trip to Wisconsin, plus the extra work shifts I've picked up. We're going to be swamped this month for sure. And, I have birthday this month, too!
Here's my number one helper, being a maniac:
Nothing like crazy Natalie to provide some comic relief
Our sweet daughter has been talking pretty much incessantly about visiting Santa at the zoo. There is not a snowball's chance that she actually sits on his lap as she's been saying she will, but whatever. I wish that I had been able to video the conversation she and I had prior to this video about Santa. She was telling me she planned to ask him "please" for "orange presents" including "legos, video games, a phone, an ipad, and whatever you want." She also made sure to say she was going to ask for "presents for Ben." I just love her.
Did you catch her saying her name in the video? Isn't she funny?
I have faith in her, I think she might do it! Although... I just flashed back at her refusing to get anywhere near Grandpa Clark... so maybe not :(
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing it will go more like Ronnie's "drag" encounter when he was a kid. Talk about it non-stop and then have nightmares about dinos for weeks after. Haha.
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