On Wednesday we had planned to go see "Tangled" after nap time for the cheapest show of the day, but we had to stay busy during the day. We made Joel his banana cream pie for his birthday, and an apple pie to take to his families house for Thanksgiving on Thursday, but then Charlie and I decided to build a "fork". It was so fun. All three of us, plus Suzie Jo, could fit in. It didn't last very long, though, since Charlie would jump off the couch and collapse the fort. We had a lot of fun building, destroying, rebuilding, and redestroying it. And, yes, we loved the movie. It's the first time Charlie went to a theatre (besides as a newborn or in my belly) and he did pretty good. He had a hard time getting the popcorn out of the bag, and kept dropping stuff on the floor and didnt understand why he couldnt pick up his candy off the floor and eat it, but he enjoyed the movie too.
Finally, on Thursday, we headed north. The weather was teasing us, but it was clear enough for us to make it to my grandma's to see family. We had a great time talking, playing games, and eating yummy food. Charlie crashed on the way back to get ready for the second round. We quickly switched food items at our house and were off to Joel's parents with all of his family for another dinner (luckily we ate at 1 at my grandmas and not until almost 6 at Joel's family, so we didnt suffer too much). We had a great time seeing everyone and enjoyed another great meal. We were home by 8 to play some more and read stories before bed, but Joel and I weren't far behind Charlie with such full bellies.
We got up on Friday morning (but thank you to Charlie for sleeping until 8) and enjoyed pulling out Christmas decorations. We had some from last year, and our sweet neighbor gave us a big box of stuff she found cleaning out all of her decorations. We had a lot of fun, and it was a chance to clean up the living room a bit. Charlie had fun helping with the tree so a lot of the ornaments are in one area, but I think it turned out great.
We have our fake tree from last year up again. We wanted a real tree, but since we are leaving for Christmas we decided to wait another year. Charlie keeps telling us how 'bootipul' the tree is. He loves the lights and cant wait to help Joel hang the lights outside tomorrow. We have a few weeks before our California trip fro Christmas and we are looking forward to it!!!
Well, that about catches us up. If you want to see more pictures of these adventures, or other things we are up to, check out my albums on facebook.
