Thanksgiving

What a great week it has been. I love the holidays. On Monday (laundry day) our washing machine broke down during my first load of laundry. Wow, we sure are dependent on that thing. I had visions of taking my laundry to friends, my moms on Thanksgiving, and even the laundry mat. I wasn't liking any of those options. Luckily Scott was able to siphon out the water and get the old washing machine out and replace it by the end of the day with a new used one. On Tuesday I did laundry and packed to go to my parents house. That night I met Anna and we watched The Help at the dollar theater. I liked it. I liked the book more but that's generally the case. On Wednesday we got packed and loaded up and headed to Thanksgiving on the farm. Corbin wanted to go on a 4-wheeler ride immediately. I was able to distract him from it that day. The next morning at 7:00 that was the first thing he asked me. That boy does not get sick of that thing.

My sister Trisha was also there with her 4 kids and Kelsey and Chase were home from college. It was a great break and I loved it. We watched about a million movies. I haven't watched that many movies in a row in a long, long time, maybe ever. I think we watched 6 movies in 30 hours. I thoroughly enjoyed myself lounging by the fire and being totally lazy. It was awesome. We had soup and pie Wednesday night. On Thanksgiving my mom is a total spaz and has dinner ready by 10:00 am. We held off until 11:45 to eat. I think we eat dinner earlier than everyone else in America. It's fine by me. I love it. That way we eat, lounge, repeat. I mean we get Thanksgiving leftovers on Thanksgiving, it's pretty sweet. We left Friday around lunchtime. We came home and unpacked. Scott took Corbin to the game store to buy some more controllers that were on a Black Friday deal. Meanwhile Gabby and I took out the Christmas decorations and got to work. She discovered her witch's hat and wanted to wear it. Too bad she didn't want to do that on Halloween. Last night some of the youth came over and we had a game night. I love games. It was great fun. We played Settlers, Pictionary, and Scatergories.
A craft I did with Corbin, in my attempts to watch less television and do more preschool activities. The other day Corbin said "let's do a crab." I was so confused until I finally figured out that he meant craft.
Uncle Chase lounging with Piper. Okay I have to tell this story because I think it's hilarious. He was shopping in Hollister one day and they asked him and his friend if they wanted to work there. Who does that? Both boys are very cute, apparently they like to hire eye candy. They both took the job. They asked Chase to stand out with his shirt off on Black Friday to help attract costumers (they offered him time and a half plus a bunch of other extras). What! Luckily he said no. I think my mom would have had a heart attack.

My mom bonding over the Sackboy game with Corbin for a minute.
I'm pretty sure she prefers this kind of bonding.
Corbin with his prized game controller.
Gabby playing while I got out the decorations.
We busted out all the costumes today, why not?
Gabby can be such a gremlin, but she can be so cute. She is just at my favorite stage right now, everything she says and does is so adorable to me. Her latest thing is to ask for something like a drink and I will say do you want a drink and she will say "uh huh" and then "okay!" She just gives herself permission with enthusiasm and it's pretty hilarious.