Thanksgiving Break

Greg came home sick on Monday and was home all week with the flu (which Ryan had the whole week before that). On Wednesday I took the kids to Toys R Us to get some Christmas ideas and Annabelle all of a sudden spiked a fever and looked exhausted. She fell asleep in the car and was sick the rest of the week. Luckily she mainly just had a yucky cold and not all the flu symptoms like the boys.
Thanksgiving Day I took the boys over to my cousins for dinner/lunch. It was delicious, but it just wasn't the same without my Greg and Annie. When we got home I decided to carry out a tradition Greg's brothers like to do and so I beat the old Nintendo game Super Mario Brothers 3. We have it on our Wii and since it is one of the few games my family ever owned, I am quite good at it. Nathan and Ryan cheered me on as I beat all the levels and finally Bowser at the end. I have to admit I, too, was very excited when Bowser fell through the bricks.

The day after Thanksgiving the boys were SO anxious to start decorating. Greg was still out of commission and I didn't want to get the boxes out of the crawl space so I told the boys that if they got the boxes out I would help them decorate. They were awesome helpers!! It is going to be nice to have these two big boys helping me my whole life. Although I don't know if I will ever understand why they like to wrestle each other. We decorated the house (I don't have that much stuff, but they remembered everything from years before and got so excited with each piece), but told the boys we had to wait for Greg and Annabelle to wake up before we decorated the tree.

I don't love our tree, it is fake and too small, but it is perfect for the kids and they did a great job decorating it this year. I only moved a couple of ornaments and left the rest to be haphazardly placed. We had hot chocolate and just spent the rest of the day watching Christmas shows. It wasn't the most exciting Thanksgiving holiday, but we spent A LOT of time as a family and it is them that I am most thankful for, so what could be better (besides a healthy family).