Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving morning we watched the parade as is tradition, and we watched a little bit of the dog show as well. The kids took baths and got into their cute outfits. We didn't have Thanksgiving dinner until about 5 o'clock because Jen had to work. Dinner was delicious! It was wonderful being with my parents and Jen and Daniel. The kids played and the adults visited. Lizzy got all worked up about doing a Thanksgiving play and completely lost it when the play didn't go as planned and it and she fell apart. She did manage to get put back together mostly enough to enjoy the evening. My mom, Jen, Tony and I went to Micheals and Tony and I got a new, very nice Christmas tree! We also scored some great organization boxes to use for arts and craft stuff in the 5th wheel. And of course we got some fun Christmas crafts as always too. My dad survived watching all three grandkids, they just watched a movie. 

Friday my mom and I went out to Kohls, and JC Penny, Target and KMart. We had lunch at Applebee's in the middle, and ended up being out most of the day!

Watching the parade!

Having fun with daddy!

Thanksgiving dinner!

 Playing

 Thanksgiving meltdown play

 Delicious gluten free pumpkin pie!(My mom made sure Lizzy got a wonderful gluten free Thanksgiving dinner!)

Catch Up For November

So it's been a long time again....I have no reason for neglecting this poor blog, it's just never high up on my priority list so it just doesn't get done.....and now I'm WAY behind!! So lets see, November. The first week the kids and I were on our own at home as Tony stayed in the trailer all week while we stayed in Clearfield, didn't love that time but we all survived. That week Devin had a haircut appointment so we visited with my grandma and introduced her to the wonderful hilarious show Studio C, it was a great visit! We got Lizzy to her theater class just a little late(the kids didn't want to leave great grandma's house ;) ) The rest of the week was low key as I recall. Saturday we went to Sierra RV and looked at our future 5th wheel home and did some mentally moving in and took measurements to see how to best fit out lives in it. I'm pretty sure we did other stuff that day as all our Saturdays in November were incredibly busy, but I can't recall exactly what else we did. The 2nd week I can't remember doing anything special, I'm sure we did some fun Thanksgiving worksheets and crafts, Lizzy didn't go to her theater class because she wasn't feeling great, we had a nasty cold go around everyone but Tony in November. Oh and almost every Saturday and Sunday had at least some time working out ornaments and such for out tree we did for the Festival of Trees in memory of my brother Eric. The third week held a dentist appointment for both kids, and they both did absolutely awesome! Lizzy let them clean her teeth WILLINGLY and Devin though he looked miserable the entire time got his teeth cleaned with no trouble too! They both did great for the fluoride treatments too. That's been a battle in the past. Lizzy's teeth were great no cavities or even any spots to watch! Devin did have one tiny "pre-cavity" way in the back in one of his molars, he really struggles with the whole brushing teeth thing so I'm glad that was the worst of it! Lizzy got all her permanent teeth coated with a protective seal that our new awesome dental insurance covered! Devin got a "mini filling" he didn't need Novocaine or anything. Both kids did amazingly well with this too! Devin was pretty scared but he didn't fight it. And once Lizzy learned there was no shot or needles involved she was good too! The funniest thing was that Lizzy did not stop talking through the entire thing, even though she had a mental thing in her mouth keeping it wide open. Their dentist is so awesome though, he just pretended like he knew what she was saying and totally had a random conversation with her the entire time! God bless that man!! The kids got a couple fun prizes for doing so great. That Saturday Tony and I had the Christmas show at Desert Star which was LOTS of fun!! The following week I had a follow up appointment for Lizzy with her new medication. We decided with the holidays coming up it would be a good idea to increase her anxiety meds a little more.  And that's about it for this post. I'm sure I forgot plenty of things we did and I may be editing this post but for now it's good enough! On to the pictures!

Devin playing learning games on pbskids.org and Lizzy playing on the ipad.

These pictures must be from the last week we were up at the trailer.

Playing Disney Monopoly! The kids had such a great time!

Lizzy doing yoga with the Wii Fit game.

Thanksgiving crafts

Lizzy SUPER excited about the first snow, it was light but she didn't care!