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the rest of Nov and Thankgiving

Running errands with my superhero (Thor) and my princess (Sofia).
Our neighborhood is awesome in the fact that we all trade baby-sitting.  I have a slew of great friends who can watch my kids and their kids are always welcome in our home.  On this particular Friday, I had a three different friends who needed a sitter so we just had one giant party.  We had lunch and then I knew I needed something to keep them busy so we made cookies and that seemed to please everyone.  They loved taking turns pouring in the ingredients.
Brynn, Braden Minson, Stockton, Rhys and Hazel Howard (there was one more but he was busy playing with the superheroes)
I took Molly to the Nutcracker performance that her ballet studio put on.  She has loved the Nutcracker since I took her three years ago and was pretty disappointed when we didn't find time to go last year. 
The dancers were great and we had a fun little afternoon date together.

Justin got the Christmas lights up a few days before Thanksgiving.  Molly always likes to assist.  She was able to go out on the roof but this is as far as she was allowed to go.
Stockton and Brynn were inside spectators.
Teaching so many piano students means the kids are left to their own devices for about an hour each day.  They aren't allowed to watch TV downstairs or have friends or play outside or anything else that could be too distracting.  I usually send them upstairs with the Kindle to entertain them.  
They really are so good while I'm doing my lessons and I am grateful for that!

Here is our Thanksgiving tree.
I usually always write down what the kids say they are thankful for but I can't find my list anywhere so a picture will have to suffice.  If I find the list later I'll come back to update the post.

Thanksgiving was at the Goodrich's this year.  We had such a good, relaxing time and Thanksgiving is starting to become one of my favorite holidays because it's just a peaceful day spent with family.  We were able to spend most of the day with Justin's family, at his parent's house.  Here are some of the pictures I took:
Molly teaching Tiana "Up on the Housetop"
Justin thought he was a stud because he helped a little with the turkey prep
Stockton and Luke playing games on Justin's iPhone.  Our first venture into the world of smart phones-Justin was required to upgrade to a smart phone with his new promotion at work so he bought an old model from Eric.  I don't think he minded.  I'm still carrying around the same old non-smart phone I've had for years and I'm okay with that!
the turkey carver
play time with Grandpa after dinner-they look like twins!
Brynn wasn't feeling great.  At around 6:00 she laid down on the floor in the middle of everyone running around and playing and fell right to sleep.  Took her to the instacare the next day and she had strep.  I felt bad taking her around everyone else's kids but luckily no one else got sick.
Playing the "I'm grateful for..." game.
Cuddling up getting ready to watch "Arthur Christmas."  Tiana, Molly, Cameron, Evie, and Stockton

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