Thanksgiving/Decorating

Thanksgiving was lots of fun.  The best part was that Daddy had four days off of work.  Talk about some excited kids to have their Daddy at home, especially one little boy.  Colton did everything with Daddy all weekend....cutting wood, hanging out with Richard and Eugene, checking for deer, and even going to the store.  He was a happy boy and I think Daddy enjoyed it too.  He is finally old enough to tag along with Daddy.  Kind of made Mommy happy too.  He now knows that when you want to say a bad word you say Dadgumit instead and under no circumstances ever do you say the word butt.  We call Colton the butt police because he will give you a verbal citation every time.   I love this little boy so much.  You just don't ever know what he may say or do. 

Thanksgiving was spent with all of our family.  It was all delicious and I am pretty sure we all ate way too much.  The kids enjoyed playing with their cousins that they don't see all the time.  Colton and Lucas really hit it off.  They stayed outside viewing all of Uncle Richard's tractors and stuff.  Hayden and Gracie played with Maeleigh.  After we filled our bellies we went to get our Christmas tree from the tree farm.  The girls were excited and Colton was too but he was also very confused.  This is the first year he is really enjoying all the Christmas stuff and Santa Claus.  We got all the decorations out Thanksgiving night and put the lights on the tree.  Colton was amazed at how our house transferred in a couple of hours.  Then Friday night we decorated the tree.  The girls pretty much did it all by themselves....Ok, Ok I did move a couple of things, just some of the things that needed to be hung on stronger branches.....Dang OCD wins every time!  I must say they did a great job, especially Hayden....Gracie still kind of puts every thing on the same branch.  Colton did not enjoy decorating the tree.  He didn't want to put any of his special ornaments on the tree because he wanted to play with Jake, dump truck, tractor and lighting McQueen instead.  After lots of compromises I finally got them all on the tree.  

Oh and Chipper and Snowflake made their arrival on Thanksgiving night.  Those silly elves are already up to no good at all.  The first night they had a popcorn party and literally threw popcorn all over my living room!  Colton said "mommy those elves are going to be in big trouble they messed up our living room."  Hayden and Gracie made sure we knew that it wasn't them that made the mess.  The next night Chipper took Snowflake on a bike ride...using Gracie's American girl doll bike.  Then the next night Chipper tied string around snowflake and hung her from the ceiling fan.  Last night those darn elves put toilet paper on our little tree beside the fireplace and made a huge mess.  Colton still says that they are bad elves.  He doesn't remember last year.

Hayden and Gracie got to go to the Georgia game or whatever you want to call the game on Saturday with Mimi and Kim.  This was Gracie's first time and she really enjoyed herself.  Except that she was cold and restless at times.  She said she still had fun and would like to go again.  Hayden has been before and she loves to go.  They also got to have Varsity and of course they got a few gift too.