But let me back up. Last Monday morning, Scott and I seized the day and got right down to the business of clearing out the rest of the junk in our garage! Letting the kids have a freebie day of doing whatever they wanted was the perfect way to keep them out of our hair while we made several trips to the thrift store and one epic trip to the town dump. And when I say epic, I really mean epic. Hahahahaha.
Tuesday was not quite as fun, as we put the kibosh on freebieville, and made the kids get to work cleaning the house and getting it ready for the cousins' arrival later that evening. It's hard to decide who complained the most about this chore -- oh wait, no it isn't; it was definitely Ethan -- but everyone pulled it together and the house was ready JUST in time for Kristin and her crew to get here. {The bonus room was the biggest project -- not only was it a mess, but it also involved finally putting together the shelving unit that I envisioned for the room at the beginning of the summer and then organizing it with all the books, games, and puzzles it was meant to hold.}
{This was apparently a group viewing of Jonah playing Fortnite.}
{A multi-player arm-wrestling match was also in order at some point during the week.}
It would probably be a bit tedious to do a day-by-day/play-by-play outline of our week, so suffice it to say that fun was had, several late (late) nights were experienced, lots of movies were watched, and many a round of Bananagrams was played. Hahaha. Throw in a delicious Thanksgiving dinner plus a last minute music video thrown together and you have the recipe for the best week ever! The only low notes came from sleep-deprived younger children and random sickness/fever with Jane and Alex.
{Rolls and pies were prepped on Turkey Day Eve.}
{Hannah and Grace created a master-gram of everyone in the family's names.}
{And since we have SO many "J" names, the girls had to convert an "I" in order to spell Scott's mom's name when they ran out of letters. Hahahaha.}
{This picture is the perfect representation -- one could almost call it a pie chart -- of which desserts are the most popular. Hahahaha. The French apple pie is always the first to go, the lemon merengue gets about half the love, and the pumpkin pie only ever loses a couple of its slices.}
{Despite being a sold-out room and having to sit in the very front row, everyone still enjoyed watching "Ralph Breaks the Internet" on Friday afternoon.}
{I always have to capture the moment when these two are snuggling instead of fighting.}
Knowing that Christmas is coming and we'll see the cousins again was enough to make the rest of Sunday palatable for my kids. It also helped that we let them haul out the holly {metaphorically speaking} once we were home from church and then stepped back as the kids did an awesome job of bringing out all the Christmas boxes and putting up all the decorations (including the tree) while I accidentally fell asleep on the couch for a 3 hour nap. What the bunnysauce??? I will say, it was kind of delightful to wake up and see everything already done (minus the clean up) and to hear Grace inform me that she had taken pictures of the process for me so that I'd be able to post them on the blog. Hahahaha. Oh Grace. She's really growing up. :)
{Grace going with the artsy shot.}
{Meet our kids' version of the Elf on the Shelf -- it's the Shushugana. And apparently he has a blog. Hahahaha. I'll be sure and let you know when that is up and running.{
{Scott fell asleep at some point, too.}
{That's me, passed out under the blanket.}
{Speaking of growing up, we kicked off our holiday week by informing Isaac that it's time to get potty trained. Hahaha. He was certainly enthusiastic about the paw patrol undies and the gummy bear treats I bought him for the ordeal, but that enthusiasm quickly waned when he realized he'd have to actually use the toilet. Oh well! Rome wasn't built in a day, people, right?? Now that he's had some time to get used to the idea, I think I'll try training in earnest starting on Friday.}
{Let the record show that he has not once used the bathroom, but he's eaten every. single. gummy bear. Hahahaha.}
Well, that's all folks! Stay tuned for more life-catching-up on the blog.
{Grace and Sophie have gone to town with decorating their room for Christmas.}
{Christmas cards from years past.}
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