We've had a busy few weeks as November was wrapping up. My best friend from Rhode Island flew in for a week and we soaked up every minute of it! We shopped and explored and drank all the wine...and it ended all too soon!
Then we shuffled through Thanksgiving with just our little family and a nice case of colds! The weather was beautiful and we loved every second of the warmer temperatures and spent a lot of time outside, cleaning up for winter and playing in the neighborhood.
Even though it was just the 6 of us, we decided to break out the fancy dishes and have a real Thanksgiving dinner. The best thing we did was pre-make the turkey and filling so we only had to make a few sides and reheat things - easiest meal ever!
That evening we joined our neighbors (who have kids that our kids love!) and headed to the local theater for a family movie date - Coco was super cute and all the kids behaved!
Friday, Daddy spent sometime being an elf for Santa and finished a project for the littlest one. Can't wait to reveal it on Christmas Day!
Then Saturday, we had to make a trip to pick up Daddy's snow tires, which happened to be "all the way" in South Bend, Indiana. Which was really less than an hour away. While we were there we drove through the campus of Notre Dame and saw the stadium. Some day we will go back and walk it all but no one was feeling it that day!
And on our way home, we made a stop to replace Sassy's hamster for the 4th time. Poor thing has had zero luck with her pets in the past year! She wanted another but was so over it she opted to stay home with her friend and have us pick it out for her! Ha!
Then Sunday, we bundled up and went hunting for a Christmas tree! We went to a cute little tree farm with wagon rides to the tree fields, where you can pick your tree and they cut it down for you. In RI and PA we used to tag trees in October and then go back in December to cut it down - apparently they had never heard of that here in MI...which is fine because there were plenty to choose from!
The new house has amazing vaulted ceilings so we were able to get a very tall tree and it looks so good! I did have to go get more lights and ornaments but that's a minor detail :).
And finally, we got an early Christmas present from Papa and his friend. I LOVE this little robot and so do all the kids! It's amazing (and a bit embarrassing!) to see all the dirt and dust that I have missed!!!
Watch for more holiday posts as the month continues. Our elf has returned and I have all his antics to share! And we are having fun exploring our new home and discovering all the holiday traditions!
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