We had a really nice Thanksgiving. A lazy morning. We watched the parade on tv and then had a scavenger hunt. I gathered 4 of like objects (paper cups, straws, rubber bands, wash cloths, dominoes, etc). Since Jbird cannot read yet, figured it was easiest if they each had a pile of items to look at and then go find. It was a hard concept for them to begin with, but by the end of the game they had it down. It provided more physical exercise than I intended. I assumed they would find a few objects and then run upstairs to match them with their pile. But they would find one item at a time, run upstairs, run back downstairs, find another object, run up stairs and so on. They enjoyed it. I had to coach them on how it was not necessarily being the fastest but having the best eye as you looked around a room. (What are the chances this game can teach them to see 'the mess' in the room, when they have told me the room is picked up and they don't see the other 27 small items scattered around the room).

Then for lunch, we headed to some friends from church. There were 3 other families there and it was just a really nice time. It had been quite a few years since we have had Thanksgiving meal with someone and then stayed after to just hang out. No football, just all sat around for several hours talking. The kids did really great, except one child falling off his chair during the meal and causing a scene. We had one casualty with the toys they were playing with too. There was, what appeared to be a really nice doll, that I found on the floor with her hair scattered everywhere. I found a piece of braided hair and wondered if one of the boys had flung her around until it came out. Still not sure what happened, because the boys are not real sure. But either way, the host was very gracious. They said all the stuff down there was junk and it did not matter to them. She said it was probably a 25 cent doll from a second hand store (and maybe that is why all the hair came out).

We came home and I put all the boys to bed and curled up on the couch by myself, working on organizing all my recipes and watched a movie.

Right now the boys are downstairs watching a movie and I am soon to join them with hot chocolate and popcorn (one of our favorite treats right now). One thing I enjoy about this holiday season is all the fun movies.

This morning the boys invented a new game and it pleased me because it requires physical activity on their part. They put a step stool beside the bed. Then they go down the hallway to get a good running start. They step on the step stool and then catapult themselves through the air onto the bed. Then Jbird wanted to show me his new trick in the playroom. Actually a trick that made my heart skip a beat. He climbed to the top of the climbing wall and then had me hand him one of the rings we have hanging from the ceiling. Yep, he let go of the wall and flew down and across the room. So thankful for the hedge of protection!

Off to enjoy some time with the boys!