November 29, 2024

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• This morning even though I slept in, I still had the big tree in the living room set up and mostly decorated before anyone else was out of bed. Well, Bentley was there staring at me. I did feel a little bit bad when I moved her chair away from the window so I could put up the tree. She will no longer be able to spend her day staring out the window.
• I will say that I do love our trees, but I actually abhor putting the ornaments on the trees. That is something that just does not thrill my soul at all. There are just so many ornaments to hang-I will say that Graham hung 5, and Robby hung 3 but other than that it's just me. And now that the tree is up, all I can think about it is that I will have to take it down in less than a month.
• Keaton and Campbell really wanted to go to Black Friday shopping. We did get them to Walmart today-so we could buy some craft paint. We didn't really find much else that we needed, but it was a fun adventure. 
• When we came home, Campbell went right to work on making a sign for her birthday party. She has painted on it for at least 5 hours now. It looks so good, but gracious she has put a lot of work in it. While she painted, the boys came home from playing basketball. They had wanted to play at one of the gyms, but ended up at someone's house since the gyms were closed. They struggle finding somewhere to play.
• Reagan went to hang out with her friends for a little bit this afternoon. They played pickleball, and she said that it was freezing! Robby, Whitman, Keaton, and I went to Dave and Busters for an outing this evening. We ate supper-they had pizzas while Robby and I split nachos. Then we had a card that they could use for an hour, so we maximized that-I think that Whitman's favorite was Mario cart.
• When we came home, Campbell was still working on her sign-she might still be working on it!It is nearly 10, so soon this crew will be headed to bed. Though Whitman slept until 2 today-I guess he was tired for eating all of that turkey.