Life around here has been, in a word, nuts! We've been busy with school and fun and family time with not room for much else. It's a good nuts, but if the 2 hour accidental nap I took today is any indication, I'm in need of a little rest.
The week before Thanksgiving was chocked full of fun including a field trip to hear Aesop's Fables at the George Bush Library. Turns out my cousins kids were watching via long distance learning and their school was selected to ask the presenter questions. I got to see their sweet faces and the kids were excited too!
We headed up to Dallas the Friday before Thanksgiving. We had the twins second birthday on Saturday and got to see The Star movie with my in-laws that evening. Francis had to head back Sunday evening but the kids and I stayed in Dallas to play with family. The boys loved climbing the trees at Sweetie and Papa's house (William even fell out and was rescued by his leg getting caught...which he thought was "amazing" and I thought was terrifying). All the kids loved driving around the pasture and playing in the playscape. Tuesday my entire family (minus Francis) went to Legoland for the twins actual birthday. The kids had a blast especially since we had more adults than kids to take them on rides and such. Wednesday was my birthday and my sisters, Kevin, Francis (who returned the night before) and the 5 cousins all went with me to the mall for shopping and lunch. I wasn't feeling great, so we had a quiet evening of Pizza and present opening at home (I got some good stuff!). My mother was was feeling even worse than me, and it turns out she had the flu and strep. So come Thursday (Thanksgiving) she was unable to join us. My sisters and I along with Mom Noble and Aunt Camille bravely forged ahead and made a delicious Thanksgiving meal. My dad cooked all the turkeys, so he really should get much of the credit for the meals success! Although my mother's absence was felt it was still a nice day and the weather was perfect.
Friday we made our pilgrimage to San Antonio to be with the Phillips clan. We got to the hotel shortly after my in-laws and settled in quickly. We all ended up happily eating and watching the parade from my in-laws room (Hannah was particularly fond of following Abby around, and Abby didn't mind). I was surprised by a cake and more gifts! So I ended up having 2 birthday parties. How many people get that?? Saturday we all went to Sea World. Cyndy and Chris were kind enough to take Abby and William on some of the bigger rides. Hannah and Nana rode the carousel and Robert loved the Shamu roller coaster. We saw a few shows and Grandad even took one for the team by getting soaked with Abby and William on a river raft ride. We had dinner with Santa to finish off the night. It was an excellent day.
We headed home Sunday where they kids (and Francis) were eager to put up Christmas decorations. As a result, they did most of the decorating this year. The boys have our old tree in their room and Hannah has my tree from College in her room. It looks very festive. I'm working on getting Christmas shopping done and then I will focus on getting it wrapped so I can sit back and soak in the wonder of our Savior's Birth. I'm hoping to be done buying this week and be done wrapping next, but we'll see!
Update on the kids: Hannah has developed her own fashion. She has been wearing her dress up clothing with, on top of or instead of her regular clothing when we leave the house. I just roll with it because she looks so happy and it's kinda cute too. Robert is ever the creative thinker and has developed a love of telling jokes. When he gets the hang of it, I know he's going to be hilarious. William is plugging away reading all the time. We had the 100th day of school yesterday and celebrated with ice cream. William said it was the best day of school ever. Maybe we should have ice cream every day? or not, haha.
That's it for now!
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