2014 - Week 48

Another week – a SUPER short week. A super busy week. Thanksgiving week. Christmafy the house week. It’s that time of year!!  Monday was a pretty blah day. Work, school, the usual. They day flew by though knowing it was short and getting ready for everything, so that’s pretty awesome. I arrived home to find my new glasses….6 days and $15.00 later, you can’t beat that. Seriously people, especially if you don’t wear glasses full time, zenni.com is THE way to go for glasses. Outside of that excitement, it was a low key evening…dinner, playtime, baths. Fun, fun!

Fresh new glasses, love!

Unfortunately, I no memory, or record, of what happened on Tuesday this week. Clearly, nothing too exciting!!

Our awesome Thanksgiving gift from school, I love them!

On Wednesday, the chaos really started to kick in. The girls were pretty excited…Olivia didn’t have school, so she was at daycare all day, and, it was pajama day! Nothing beats pajama day! Meanwhile, this upcoming Friday is my typical Friday off, but since it’s a Holiday, I moved my day off today. 5-day weekend kicked off – LOVE!! After I dropped the girls off, and did a little TV watching and list making, I was off to do our Thanksgiving shopping. Even though our list wasn’t SUPER long this year, I still had to make 3 stops to get/find everything. Gross. I suppose that could’ve been avoided if I didn’t wait until the last day to do it. Once home, I got everything put away, did some very minor cleaning around the house (picking up, dishes, cleaning the tables), and that was about it. I sat my tired, lazy butt on the couch the rest of the day, catching up on some shows. I picked the girls up a little later than usual today, so I got some extra time to myself, before the next few days of business kicks in. Once everybody was home, we had some dinner, relaxed and sent the girls to bed. We started brining the turkey and I got the caramel rolls set up so they can rise overnight. We decided to call it an early night ourselves…even though I wish we weren’t hosting tomorrow, I’m still pretty excited.

Ready for pajama day!

YUMMY!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! It was finally here. Well, it’s late this year, but in reality it still kind of crept up on me. And, it was FREEEEEZING out. Thank God I’m not the one who has to stand outside and fry the turkey! The house was up and at em’ pretty early. We all had some caramel rolls and watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in our jammies. I made a pumpkin pie…one by one we started getting ready for the day. Christian ran to pick up the Apple Pie and started drying off the turkey. My mom ended up not feeling too well, and didn’t want to risk getting anybody else sick, so she dropped off her green bean casserole and stayed home for the day. I started the potatoes (mashed and cheesy), my in-laws and a couple friends started to show up. We made the gravy, headed the casserole and the stuffing my in-laws made while Christian got the turkey fried up (so amazing – no other turkey compares in the least bit to a fried turkey). We had a TON of food, of course, and everything turned out amazing. All of the kids had such a great time, running around like crazy and turning the basement into even more of a disaster. We all chatted and laughed, washed dishes, and had a nice, relaxing time. No drama, nobody drinking one too many, nobody was in a bad mood. Everything turned out pretty great, which certainly is not always the case, so for that I’m pretty darn grateful. We had some dessert, flipped on the Christmas lights (on the house), and everybody started to head home for the night. What a day…my feet and back were killing me, I was WAY too full, and beyond exhausted…I guess that’s a sign of a successful Thanksgiving, right?!

Ready for her first Thanksgiving!

I couldn't possibly be more thankful for anything in the world than I am for these three. My hearts!

Friday was another busy day. We did some final cleaning up from yesterday’s festivities, did a little shopping for tonight’s Day 2 of hosting, and while I hung out with the girls, Christian got to work…it was leftover turkey taquito day – I’m pretty sure I like this day more than actual Thanksgiving! Ugh, fried, fried turkey taquitos – AMAZING, and quite frankly, the only acceptable way to use your leftover turkey. My dad and stepmom came over around 4:00 for the evening…tomorrow is my dad’s birthday, and Sunday is their anniversary, so it’s become tradition for us to just have them over post-Thanksgiving for taquitos and a little celebrating. Christian and my stepmom have some wine, my dad runs around and plays with the girls like a big kid (and, I’m sure feels those horsy rides for DAYS!). we eat lots and lots of delicious food and leftover dessert. It’s a great evening! They headed home shortly after dinner…we got the girls to bed, Christian went out with a friend for a couple drinks, and I settled in for an evening of quiet. I had myself a couple hard cider’s and watched “The Fault in our Stars” – tearjerker alert! Perfect end to a busy day.

YUM, taquitos ready for frying.

Birthday picture with Grandpa!

Saturday was not quite as hectic…except that Christian had to work, especially after two days off, so he was a busy bee. So, I spent the day with those 3 crazy girls. I did get the big ones down for an early nap though, so that was my success of the day. Once awake, and baby was fed, we were all off to a friends’ house (and met Christian there) to do a little sledding and have a little playdate. Olivia’s baseball coach from this past summer, Misty, had a little boy, Rio, on the team and he just fell in love with the girls (and he’s the funniest, most outgoing little guy I’ve ever met). He then was in Amelia’s soccer league this fall, so we continued to see them and get to know them there. She had a little hill next to her townhome, so Eliza got her first little taste of the show while the kids went up and down it a few times before they were all a little chilly and Rio was anxious to show the girls his room and all his fun stuff. So, we all made our way inside to check it out. The kids played with just about every toy Rio had, while we chatted with Misty and got to know each other a little more. We finally took our loud bunch home for the evening and gave them a little quiet. We had some diner, a little family time, and we were all off to bed pretty early after a busy few days.

Snowbunny!

Happy Girl

Sunday was another busy day, but in a different way. It was Christmas decorating day!!! So, after breakfast and a little cleaning up, we moved some furniture around and got to work. We put the tree up (my least favorite thing to do), then let the big girls to go town putting all of the ornaments on. They actually did a really good job too, spreading them around the tree…we had a few mini-heart attacks while They used chairs and stools to get them up higher on the tree, but luckily they both survived. I got about ½ of the decorations up before calling it a day. Man, that’s exhausting! And, I don’t think we really even have that much! Somehow Eliza took a nice loooooong nap through all of the commotion of getting everything out. She did seem to enjoy the tree though and all of the exciting lights and ornaments. So cute. There’s nothing like a baby’s first Christmas (season)…I’m a bit of a scrooge right now this year, just overwhelmed at the thought of tackling all of the Christmas shopping/activities/chaos, but getting to celebrate her first Christmas makes it pretty exciting. I did some laundry throughout the day, and it was dinner, bath and bed time before we knew it. Another weekend down – and I swear, the longer they are, the faster they go!

Kicking off Christmas!

Until Next Week! XOXO