Thanksgiving Weekend Recap

I meant to post on Wednesday and time just got away from me.  Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I loved having five days off from work and absolutely dreaded coming into the office today.  But gotta pay those bills so here I am. J

For the past three years, we’ve declared the day before Thanksgiving ‘Kindness Day’ and we’ve spent the day spreading kindness to others (you can read about last year's Kindness Day here, but it was very similar).  We continued that tradition this year.  We left treats in our mailbox for our mail carrier and left snacks out for our package deliverers (I do a lot of online shopping hence lots of deliveries).  Then, we headed to our favorite Starbucks.  We went through the drive thru and paid for the car behind us (they ordered croissants, which made me laugh, but hey, whatever makes you happy) and we left a tip for the baristas.  Next, it was off to Target.  We’d previously purchased seven $5 gift cards and the boys handed them out to unsuspecting shoppers.  After handing out five gift cards, I suggested we save the final two for our recycle man and garbage man.  S was so disappointed that he couldn’t hand out his final gift card, he started to cry.  We couldn’t have any crying on Kindness Day so we let S hand out his last gift card and picked up another for the recycle man. ;)  From there, we headed to the post office and sent overdue thank you cards and a few of the boys’ paintings to my aunt and a cousin (both of whom had previously sent treats for the boys).  We treated my mom to lunch at our favorite rotisserie chicken restaurant and we finished the day by dropping off some sleepers for my stylist who just adopted a baby girl.  As is always the case, we had a great day and hope we inspired others to complete a kind gesture.

Thursday, W and I prepared our famous mac and cheese.  Then, we all headed to Nani and Papa’s house for Thanksgiving.  The food was delicious, as always.  Apparently it was too delicious for S because he proceeded to have 4 helpings of turkey (ok, I’m partly to blame for filling his plate) and then puked.  Only my child.  Face palm.  Aside from that, it was a great time and a good reminder that we have so very much to be thankful for.  When I was tucking W into bed, he asked if God was a pilgrim and I thought it was an odd question.  A few days later it occurred to me that papa mentioned pilgrims in his prayer.  LOL.  Nothing gets passed W.  I was so tired (tryptophan perhaps) that I was in bed by 9:30.

Friday, my mom and I set out to do some shopping.  I do most of my shopping online, but my mom doesn’t even own a computer.  Crazy, right?  We always have fun shopping together and it’s been our tradition for as long as I can remember.  The mall wasn’t very crowded and I was pretty underwhelmed by our shopping experience, but still had fun hanging out with my mom.  While we were out, A hung Christmas lights outside.  We met A and the boys at a nearby pizza place for lunch.  The weather was really mild so once we got home, I took the boys for a walk while A did his vest.  After that, we did some long overdue cleaning and organizing and even started decorating for Christmas.  It was such a productive day.  I finally sat down after the boys went to bed and for some reason started watching Live PD – basically a live police show (like Cops, but better… yes, I’m showing my age).  Anyway, one of the police departments is very close to where we live so A and I kept watching to see if there was any crime near us – we were hooked.

Saturday, a trip to Target and more decorating and cleaning.  More Live PD.  Chinese food for lunch.. that’s about all I remember.

Sunday was our usual.  We caught up on This is Us and we’re only an episode behind!  Most days were spent sleeping in (until 7am).  Mornings were slow.  We enjoyed spending full days with the boys and catching up on tv once the boys were in bed.  A was able to do his vest during the day, which allowed us to spend extra time together watching programs, having conversations, and doing crossword puzzles after the boys went to bed.  I loved every minute.  I’m so looking forward to Christmas and more family time!