We had 4 straight days of non stop eating! On Wednesday we had a turkey and ham dinner at Grandmas house then another turkey dinner on Thursday at Uncle Way’s house. On Friday we had home cooking at PoPo and Gong Gong’s and on Saturday we had a buffet dinner for Gong Gong’s birthday!

The kids had fun playing in the closet

After thanksgiving dinner, the kids enjoyed a movie on the patio

We had fun at Hunter’s 3rd birthday party

Enjoying buffet dinner

This afternoon I took Nat & Tyler to get flu shots. When I broke the news to them, they started to complain and said that I was mean and they didn’t want to go. Then I overheard Tyler say to his sister, “when we are getting ready to go, I feel nervous.” In the car ride there, they were nervous and kept saying how mean I was and how they “liked Dad more.” When we were were walking into the doctor’s office Tyler said to his sister, “If you are nervous, just hold me.” We got called into the nurse’s office, and she offered us an option to get the flu mist (a nasal spray) and she said it was more effective than the shot. The kids were happy to hear this, but also nervous because they didn’t truly understand what it meant. Tyler went first. When the nurse got the spray out (it looked like it could be a shot) and he said to her, “You will be gentle?” I laughed. After he was done, he said to his sister, “It doesn’t hurt. It just feel like a bloody nose.”

While we walked out of the clinic, both of them were so relieved and happy they didn’t have to get shots. They opened up their Halloween candy (which they brought to treat themselves after the shot) and enjoyed it. In the car Tyler said, “I like that nurse. She’s really really nice!”

The kids have been learning a lot about the election. Today Tyler’s teacher walked them by the polling station at school so they got to see how people vote. In class they voted for president. Tyler: “I voted for Mitt Romney, but Barack Obama won.” He used their first and last names when speaking about them. I asked Tyler why he voted for Mitt Romney and he said “I don’t know, just because.”

Cousin Sinclaire celebrated her 5th birthday together by having a tea party in her backyard. Auntie Kathy made a lot of fancy snacks and the kids got to make their own bonnets and decorate cookies.