right now samira is still sleeping (unheardof) and p is laying on the carpet in the play room eating one of the birds on the birdbath toy he loves. the house is quiet and still picked up from last night. i am thinking we should start keeping the kids up late and then we can sleep in!
thanksgiving this year was more like "turkey day" than ever before for me. i should try to explain that. kent played at an indoor water park in Gurnee IL on thanksgiving day. which is, of course, fine because we like work! but that meant i was at my mom's with little back up. p took a nap and didn't wake up until everyone was at dinner. then we went down to join the fam at the table and p didn't want anything to do with sitting in his chair to eat. so i ate about three bites of turkey and two pieces of sweet potato and the table was cleared. now anyone who knows me knows that i can afford to skip a meal but on a day that is centered around food it's not really fun to go home thinking i might drive through burger king!
the highlight of my weekend was definitely time spent with kent and our friends. rose came home for a surprise visit and we were feeling very special bc she spent a block of time with us on her short trip. we are looking forward to seeing her and the family over the christmas break. samira really misses sam lees ( she uses his full name all the time). she won't want him to go when they're here. she has been asking a lot of questions that test her dad and me and our ability to spin things. questions like, "why did daryn leave michigan city? If marley grows up too much will she even remember me when i see her again?" these past few months have been filled with people in and out of her life and she is working hard at trying to make sense of all of it.
pierce is so much fun. fun is the word we are using to describe it anyway. he is adventurous and he climbs on everything. it's hard to imagine the things we should be protecting him from but he always finds them and shows them to us. we are so happy that he and his sis get along so well.
we had a great dinner last night that was not wasted on chasing around a small or screaming child. my sister is great with pierce and so she stayed home with him while we went out with friends. this morning samira told her sito she got to go the restaurant because she had good behavior in the store. it's possible we are on overload with the explanation of things. i'm going ot work on that. someday.
and finally, i have to admit i am a little sad bc i failed to get our christmas cards out before i received one. i'll try again next year.
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