My girls were out of school the Friday before Thanksgiving. Though we travel a lot throughout the year, we are smart enough to stay home during the busiest travel days of the years. It was a fairly quiet holiday week. The girls begged to put up the Christmas tree on the Friday they were out, and I wasn't about to turn down willing helpers. They were fabulous at helping bring the bins upstairs, decorating the tree, and pulling out all of the other Christmas decorations. My favorite part of the decorations is the lighted garland that decks the upper hallway and banister (and it is always my least favorite part of the decorations to take down).
We have enjoyed the brilliant lights inside and outside as our neighbors decorate all of the trees in their backyard. I love the decorations when I am on the upper hallway/catwalk and look outside at all of the houses with twinkling lights.
To keep my girls occupied (especially since Chris was gone Monday and Tuesday), they had friends over and went to friends' houses. We shopped a bit, but not much since the best deals would be on Black Friday.
Chris was home Tuesday evening. He worked part of Wednesday and then took Amy on her shooting date in the evening. Misha helped to prepare some of the dinner items on Wednesday for Thanksgiving Day dinner on Thursday. Thursday dawned a beautiful November day and Chris spent the morning playing two-touch football with some friends from church. He may or may not have complained of soreness for a day or two after.
I have decided that we need to have some better Thanksgiving Day traditions. Maybe play more games together, maybe participate in a 10k, certainly find a way to give service.
Misha helped me make "Thankful" rolls. I printed out thankful thoughts on little slips of papers, coated the papers with cooking spray, and rolled them up in crescent rolls. Word of advice, you have to unroll the crescents, not tear them in half to see the full effect of the paper slips.
