The boys sorting ornaments for the tree.
Nana with her great grandsons Nathan and John.
Allison giving Nathan a ride on his fire truck.
The boys playing BeyBlades.
The big boys, Brayden, Evan, Justin and Tyler.
Where to begin?? We had such a wonderful and busy Thanksgiving vacation this year. We saw so many friends and family and absolutely delighted in time spent together.
On Wednesday the big boys were off from school but G had to work so I had a playdate with a good friend who now lives in the same town as us and her two boys who are the same age as my boys. It was such a nice visit! Thanks Misty.
On Thursday we spent the day with my parents celebrating Thanksgiving and Nathan's birthday (I posted a separate post about the day).
On Friday we spent the day together as a family putting up our Christmas tree and other holiday decorations. We skip the Black Friday rushes in favor of this family-centered tradition with our kids. Nothing truly captures the spirit of the holidays like quality time spent together rather than in retail outlets. Its been a tradition we have enjoyed since Justin was a baby now. This year we put the tree in our breezeway. I just love enjoying the Christmas tree in a main room of the house, but, experience iwth the other boys has taught me that having a tree up with a one year old is not a good combination so we opted to have it somewhere less accessible to Nathan. As a compromise, we are allowing the boys to put a small tree in their bedrooms this year!!! They can enjoy their ornaments every night as they fall to sleep to their lit treee. They are very excited about this.
On Saturday we hosted a first birthday party for Nathan at our house with some of my family. It was such a fun day!!! All the cousins got to play together and we got to enjoy family we didnt see for Thanksgiving. Thank you to everyone who came to make Nathan's birthday a special one!!!!
On Sunday our very good friends Dan and Susan came visitng from "down South" with their boys for the day. We have known them since Justin and their son were 8 months old, when we joined a weekly playgroup together. 3 years ago now they moved away, so its a wonderful treat to have them up and visiting! The boys had so much fun playing together (they also have a younger son who is Evan's age and so this works out very well). We are so glad that we have stayed in touch all these years and been able to visit frequently.
Phew. It was hard getting back into our routine this morning with school for the big boys and a doctor visit for Nathan. Only a couple more weeks until Christmas break now!!!!
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