Pops & my girls

Thanksgiving at the park

Our park activities included climbing trees,

Or clinging to them.

Baseball

Playing on the playground equipment and frisbee golf. All in an hour and some.

Thanksgiving

We enjoyed our morning. Joel went to get Pops and CC and had them here by around 10:30. We put the turkey in at 11:00 and left soon after to go to the park. Good times. Unfortunately, that is where the fun stopped for a while for me. Upon returning home, I was bothered by the fact that I could not smell the turkey yet and it was time to take it out. The oven was simply not hot enough! So we turned it up to 375 and ate our dinner about an hour late. No one else seemed terribly bothered except Shinara who wanted to eat as soon as we got home, and me.

Shinara's Play

A few weeks ago, Shinara came home with some lines written on a piece of paper and said she had lines for a play she would do for a "testing assembly" at school. By the end of the night, she had them memorized. Her friend Olivia did it with her. Olivia started and Shinara's response was: "The test is so our school, parents and teachers know we have learned everything we are supposed to." Olivia's line. "Yeah, it is!" She had no problem getting up there and delivering her memorized lines. So cute.

Sick

Well, strep went through 5 of the 6 of us and we are just really hoping that Joel can hold out since Thanksgiving is in 2 days! Mardi hardly suffered or for very long. Tersa suffered for a few days but in silence (as usual) and went to school despite pain and fatigue. Shinara has had lumps before and so when we saw another, we quickly took her in and she was on medicine quickly. Keddi and I were down for 3-4 days. I took Keddi in yesterday and we think that the infection in her thumb is strep as well so her medication should take care of it. I still have swollen glands but I can swallow without extreme pain today. Good thing too since I don't have anymore time for being sick.

This year I will be very Thankful that we usually only get good and sick about once a year!