FTPDF: The Thanksgiving Week Mega Post

Happy Friday!

What a fun-filled week we have had. 

Callie is all about everything Christmas.  The girl loves winter, Christmas movies (year round) and...pretty much everything about the holiday.  She has been waiting SOOOOOO patiently for our Elves on the Shelves to come.  Last year Coo-Koo the elf quietly joined our family in December.  She found a new funny place to hide every day and Callie loved waking up every morning to find her.  She was so sad when Coo-Koo had to go back to the north pole after Christmas.  Then, in July, Maya got her own elf on a shelf from Nana and Papa!  Callie named her Baloony (very appropriate since the elf was a birthday present), Loony for short. 

I don't think it is a coincidence that our two elves' names are other words for CRAZY.

Anyway, this year Coo-Koo and Loony made their debut this morning, after Thanksgiving.  And Callie could not have been more excited.



Favorite Thing #1: Elves on the Shelves!
She found them and then proceeded to feed them cheerios for breakfast,
which I then sneakily ate so that when she  checked back awhile later,
they were gone.  SO MUCH EXCITEMENT.

As of yesterday, Maya is officially down to one nap a day.  Hooray!  We are still working out the kinks, but hopefully it will make life easier and she'll be more willing to sleep.  The past week has been a little rough in that department (i.e. an immediate FREAK OUT if we went in her room and turned out the light, signaling nap time).  So now we have to rearrange our brains for when we are able to schedule and plan things to do outside the house.   But it will give her more time to do what she does best...PLAY!



Favorite Thing #2: Play time (at Boom's house)!

And now for the rest of the week's pictures...there are many!



Favorite Thing #3: Shambles!
We have a new family member.  I have a "niece!"  Uncle Dan adopted this
little cutie, Shambles, last weekend.  She is an 8-week-old blood hound.
Kona is PSYCHED.

Favorite Thing #4: Baby Hattie!
My friend Emily had a baby in September, and we finally got over to see her
this week.  The girls had fun playing with Vera and Hattie, and Emily
and I had fun catching up and talking about all things GIRL.

Favorite Thing #5: Thanksgiving Morning!
We had a lovely Thanksgiving, starting with a yummy brunch and play time
at G-ma and G-pa's house.  Brunch even included a gluten-free cinnamon roll
for Miss Cal.  Maya was all about the ham.

Favorite Thing #6: Thanksgiving Afternoon!
We then headed over to my parents' condo for the afternoon.  We had a delicious
meal with Boom, Bops, Auntie Yoda, Craig, Auntie Mari, Bob, Barbara
and Laura.  We missed Great-Grandma Gi-Gi this year, but she was in our
hearts.

Favorite Thing #7: Christmas songs at dance class!  We went to dance this morning instead of tomorrow afternoon.  There is nothing cuter than 4-year-olds dancing to "Frosty the Snowman" and "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer."

IMG 1447 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.


IMG 1449 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Adorable, right?  Seriously.

Favorite Thing #8: Free bananas at the new co-op by dance class! 
And shopping there on a Friday when it isn't super busy!

Favorite Thing #9: Christmas Decorations!
Callie helped get out all of our Christmas stuff, so we put it out. 
Next step is the tree.  Hopefully we'll get that done next week.

Favorite Thing #10: A Gosselin gathering!

Tonight we had a great time with the Gosselin side.

  

Chris' cousin Carlos with...Maya, then Maya and Eliana,
then Maya, Eliana, and Callie, then Maya, Eliana, Callie and Piperlee.
Lots of little girl cousins!

 

Hanging out at the bar with Uncle Gus. 
Callie ordered a virgin screwdriver, while I got a much fancier (and more adult) drink-
I believe it was called "The Big Blue Ox" or something very Minnesotan.
It was delicious.

 

We tried to get the 4 girls together and the top picture was the best I got.
Then there was a cousins picture and a picture with Nana and Papa.

 Thanks to Karen and Gus for a great night!

 

Today ended by Chris coming home after a long day of work, bringing home a great Black Friday purchase.

 

Favorite Thing #11: No more gas station coffee for me!

My heart is filled with so much love and gratitude after this fabulous week.  Hope you all had a wonderful week as well.  Have a great weekend!