Friday, November 22, 2013
We were blessed to have most of my family come visit us for Thanksgiving. My sister Farrah and her family came from Texas and my brother Sam and his family came from Ohio. We had a blast being together and I was finally able to meet the cute face pictured above. Henry was born last January and this was the first time we met him. Isn't he adorable???
The day the Maldonados were supposed to arrive (Thursday the 21st) we had a ridiculous wind storm. It wasn't as bad as the Wind Storm of '11, but it was pretty bad. I left my house that evening to drive to pick up my sister Lauren and I didn't get very far before I turned around and came back home because I thought the wind was going to flip my van over (I'm so not kidding). It did knock the power out for about 24 hours. Farrah's plane was delayed and they didn't get in until the middle of the night and they had to settle themselves into a dark, cold, powerless house. The next day my kids had to leave their cousins and go to school (poor things-I did let them skip a day the next week). My mom and Lauren came over to visit their boys.
After school the girls went straight for the sweet stuff.
Addy's Birthday fell on Thanksgiving. All she wanted was to go to Build a Bear and bring to life a new friend. We weren't going to have time to go next week, so we talked the whole gang into accompanying us downtown for the adventure. You can read all about the full trip by clicking here.
We picked Zac up from school on our way downtown. When we got to the mall, he said he was starving. I took pity on him since we all ate before we left and he came straight from school. So while we were building a bear, I gave him the only cash I had, a 20 dollar bill, and told him to go to the food court and buy a SNACK off the DOLLAR menu. Apparently that wasn't specific enough for him. When he came back he handed my my change: $6. I was like, "What is this?" He said, "That's your change." I questioned him how $6 was my change from a $1ish purchase. He said he ordered off the dollar menu. 6 cheeseburgers, some fries, oh, and a Blizzard from DQ. I guess to a growing, starving teenage boy, that qualifies as a snack. After we left Build a Bear, we wandered around the mall for a bit.
At Charming Charlies Aubrey begged me to buy her this tiara. I told her no, but I would take a lovely picture of her wearing it. As demonstrated below, I kept my promise. What is that large pink monstrosity, you ask? That is Addy's car that she picked out at Build a Bear, her Birthday present from my mom and Lauren. I refused to let her get it and tried to help her pick out something a little less gigantic. But alas, I had brought the whole entourage with me and none of them were on my side. So we left with one happy girl and one huge mode of transportation for a stuffed bunny. But! As everyone pointed out to me, it is big enough to hold two stuffed animals, so really it is a space saving device.
That evening we came home and played games.
And this was the birth of "Speed Rummikub". I made up and awesome, fast paced version of the game which I think I should copyright and market. Everyone who plays it loves it. And after you play it you will never want to play regular boring old Rummikub again (unless you are lame). I promise!
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