Happy belated Thanksgiving to all!  It really didn't feel like Thanksgiving here, the weather was fairly warm, I didn't cook and of course, we were missing C.  If he were here, he would have Christmas music playing by midday.  But, since he was gone, we opted to go to a friend's house for Thanksgiving dinner.  It was fine, just not family.

I was planning on having some pictures done of the boys yesterday, but of all days, H decided it was time to lose the 2 front teeth that have been loose and sticking out.  He yanked them out in the bathroom, early in the morning.  He was very proud of himself.  There was actually blood spatter on the wall, and my white handtowel looked like it had been used in surgery.  ICK.  He was just wanting the cash from the good ol' tooth fairy, so he pulled them out rather than waiting.  His permanent teeth had already broken through and although his gaping red holes look kind of gross, his baby teeth were sticking straight out and made him look like a hillbilly.  So, all in all, it's better this way.  I seem to recall him pulling out his bottom 2 last Thanksgiving.  

The boys and I have been doing alot of running around lately.  I feel like I've been dragging them all over the place, mostly running errands and such, so today we decided to have a fun day.  I took them to this playland type place.  It was great, since we were the only ones in there for the first 2 hours.  It's got 3 floors, but we spent most of our time (other than lunch) on the 2nd floor.  There were bouncy playstructures, climbing things and then a whole section of video games, which H just loved.  I also kicked H's butt 3 times in a row at air hockey.  He's ultra competitive (wonder who he gets that from??? daddy?), and we had fun even though he lost.  He's at the age where you cannot let him win because he knows it and it just makes him mad.  He was a good sport about it and that made me proud.  K and A wore themselves out with all the jumping and climbing around.  We finished the evening out with putting up the Christmas tree.  The boys usually do alot more of the ornaments, but this year they just didn't seem to care.  This is the first Christmas we will have without C, and also the first year we do not have a real tree.  I bought a very interesting tree from the local department store.  It doesn't have branches, it just goes around into a cone shape.  It literally pops up in a minute.  You just put the pole up and kind of hang it.  It came with lights and decorations already on it!  I had to take the cheap decorations down, but it was still super easy and not too expensive.  But it is done and hopefully, it will start to feel more like Christmas is coming.  

The pics are from our walk on the beach last week (check out the old guy snoozing in the background and K's hilarious face as the cold water hit his feet), the play place today and of course the little Christmas tree.  

Hope you are all well and enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving holiday!