Once again we continued our tradition of decorating our house for Christmas the weekend before Thanksgiving. (for a reminder, click here)
Andy finished the lights outside while I took care of the indoor decorations. Meanwhile, Marie took a 3 1/2 hour nap. It's amazing what we can get done without a curious little one following us around saying "what's that" 25 times.
However, we waited to decorate her little tree until she was awake. She put one ornament on and said, "out." Meaning, "see you later mom, Charlie and I are going to watch Minnie Mouse while you finish this up...oops you missed a spot."
Marie loved looking at the tree and labeling all the "balls" on the tree. She kept saying "wow!"
So far she is really good about gently touching the decorations, we have only had a few fall to the ground...It is hard to believe the Holidays are here again, but ready or not, here they come.
Just the thought of the holidays are too exhausting for Marie & Charlie.We also had a visit from Uncle Nathan this weekend. He and Andy signed up to run in the Living History Farms Race in Urbandale. This is not your typical race...you are expected to run, climb up hills, wade through hip-deep cold river waters, and dodge deer (Nathan was almost hit by a deer). The boys started out in the 30 degree weather looking like this:
and came home looking like this:
Needless to say I had to haul out Grandma Jennie's hot chocolate mix and fast so they could warm up.
Marie loved having Uncle Nate around. She has been saying his name and everything.
They spent a lot of time together reading stories, building towers, and unraveling all my gift wrapping ribbon.
That Uncle Nathan knows just how to make Marie giggle...
We also got to celebrate Thanksgiving at Daycare on Friday. All parents were invited in to eat a turkey dinner with all the trimmings with their children. Andy and I were both able to attend with Marie. She was a little confused as to why we didn't get to take her home, but I think she enjoyed having both of us play at daycare with her for a little while.
Here she is eating her turkey with her friends.
and came home looking like this:
Needless to say I had to haul out Grandma Jennie's hot chocolate mix and fast so they could warm up.Marie loved having Uncle Nate around. She has been saying his name and everything.
They spent a lot of time together reading stories, building towers, and unraveling all my gift wrapping ribbon.
That Uncle Nathan knows just how to make Marie giggle...We also got to celebrate Thanksgiving at Daycare on Friday. All parents were invited in to eat a turkey dinner with all the trimmings with their children. Andy and I were both able to attend with Marie. She was a little confused as to why we didn't get to take her home, but I think she enjoyed having both of us play at daycare with her for a little while.
Here she is eating her turkey with her friends.
We are looking forward to a short work week and then off to N'West Iowa to celebrate Thanksgiving with the rest of our family.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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