Thanksgiving was wonderful, largely in part to having my kids home for 5 1/2 days! We spent the day with my parents and brother, since the babies have to avoid crowds much larger then this so they can stay healthy. We started the day off with a Feast with the Beasts at the zoo. One of the best moments was watching the elephants stomp and break open their HUGE pumpkins! We saw gorilla's and orangutans feast on pinata's, pies, and pumpkins, and a bunch of other animals enjoy their feasts as well! It was a good start to the day, and pleasantly warm.
When we got home we discovered our oven timer hadn't worked, so our turkey had not yet even started cooking! So we took it down to my parents and house, and luckily they too had done a turkey, so we were still able to enjoy plenty of feast at the hour we had planned. And the boys hardly slept during this day! But all in all they did pretty well!
And the day before Thanksgiving, the girls had no school, so we had a big outing... to the library and adjacent park. Yup, pretty impressive! j/k But it was fun for the girls to finally get to visit the re-modeled park and have some time to browse books.
Earlier in the week I had snapped a few moments:
A pleasant moment with the boys were not screaming, but rather making faces, smiling, and talking with me. Weston & Creighton (Paxton still snoozed).
And this is what a fairly typical feeding looks like. Weston and Paxton screaming to eat while Creighton looks on, waiting his turn. Creighton remains the most calm and mellow of the 3. He usually wakes up talking in his crib and kicking his legs. Weston always wakes up screaming. And Paxton usually complains upon waking, but he saves his cries for eating because that is when his reflux really gets to him. But they are all wonderful, and we love them each for their uniqueness!
And my Ella. Oh sweet Ella. She drives me crazy sometimes, but more often she makes me laughs. This was they day she asked me to take like half a dozen pictures of her ruffle bum outfit. What a hoot! This girl says the funniest things, and is so full of personality that I can hardly handle it! Love her to pieces!
