Thanksgiving Weekend Recap

All the Dennistons and Bullocks in the metro area came to our house for Thanksgiving. We played some games, ate some turkey, watched a little football, and finished everything off with pie.

Actually, the game playing went on for most of the weekend for us.  We rented a game (Lords of the Waterdeep) from our neighborhood game store and played it quite a few times.

On Saturday we went out to the Grandparents Bullock for some pizza and to watch the Civil War game (Ducks vs Beavers).  The boys (Beavers fans) enjoyed the pizza.  Holly and Steve (Duck fans) enjoyed the pizza and the football game.

The Saga of the Leaves

We have a beautiful big leaf maple tree in our parking strip.  It's fabulous in the summer, providing lots of shade (our house faces west).  In the fall, it dumps lots and lots of leaves.  The boys get the job of raking them up, and since last Fall they have a dynamic duo (they're standing under the tree in the background) who live across the street who provide a running commentary throughout the process.

Needless to say, what should take less than an hour can take a whole afternoon.  The boys kept throwing leaves at each other and goofing around to make the twins laugh (and taunt) them.  All four of them had a good time.

Hanging out at a coffee shop

Last week the boys' good friend Isaac came over.  Steve was out of town and that was also the only time I could get myself in for a haircut.  Instead of getting an ice cream cone near the salon, the boys opted to hang out at a nearby coffee shop to play Zombie Fluxx. 
-Holly

While Steve was off for a weekend of Whist . . .

 . . . the boys and I had an overnight with Grandpa and Sidra (my mom was off with her friends for a night at the beach).  Sidra and I slept in a tent in the living room, the rest of the party opted for more traditional sleeping arrangements.  We had fun reading Tajar tales, eating pizza and pancakes (and waffles), playing Chinese checkers with the board my great-grandfather made, picking Grandma's kiwis, playing Strawberry Shortcake, coloring fairies and princesses, etc.   


 When we got home on Saturday at lunch, I started painting the kitchen.  Not too bad a color for $10 recycled metro paint!