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The boys were so excited for Thanksgiving this year because Jim's sister, Amber got to come spend the weekend with us. She also came last year and I am really hoping that this will become a Thanksgiving tradition for our us. It is so nice to have family spend holidays with us. The night before Thanksgiving they asked me like 20 times when Amber was going to be here. They decided that night that they wanted to have a "sleep over" and set up a little tent with blankets and get the sleeping bags out. It took a while to get them to settle down and actually get some sleep but eventually they did. In the morning both of them were back in their beds. Can't say I blame them. It's much more comfortable than the floor.
Ben is having so much fun in pre-K this year at Clover. His teachers are awesome and they do a lot of fun things for the kids. Clifford came to the book fair and read them stories. I expected Clifford to be a little taller. I think they might have recruited a 5th grader for the job. Ben and the other kids didn't care. They had a blast. I don't think Clifford was having too much fun though. He looked like he was ready to fall over.
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving they had a big feast for the kids. Each family brought something to share so the kids were able to have a little taste of everything. Although I think Ben just ate the pumpkin pie and maybe a roll. He sure makes a cute pilgrim though.
Dinner was great thanks to this guy! He did an awesome job with the turkey and everything else! He worked very hard in the kitchen which eliminated tons of stress and head ache for me! Thanks Jim! You're the best!
Ben REALLY liked the pumpkin pie. Here he is stuffing his face. Who needs a fork when you've got your fingers, right! I think that Jimmy and Ben would both eat pumpkin pie for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day if I let them!
We had our friends the Merrells over for dinner. They also have 3 boys so the kids had a fun time playing and we enjoyed their company. Maegan is an amazing baker and she did an awesome job on the rolls and desserts! I think that Luke devoured half the basket of rolls alone!
The day after Thanksgiving we decided to go to the beach. I was really hoping that Jim would be home to watch the boys so Amber and I could go shopping. She really knows how to shop and I would have loved to get out for some girl time and serious shopping without kids but it didn't happen. Jim had to study all day. So instead of fighting huge crowds, traffic and searching hours for parking spots we went where there were hardly any people at all and plenty of parking and wide open space. It was a beautiful day to enjoy the ocean!
