The Bunch Enjoy Thanksgiving and Decorate for Christmas

It's tradition to make gingerbread houses on Thanksgiving Day.

We had a fairly uneventful Thanksgiving this year. D had to work on the actual Thanksgiving this year so the kids and I stuck to our normal routine. We got up and took the day off from school. We enjoy a leisurely breakfast. This year L made Chocolate Muffins. She is turning into quite the little baker and I really enjoy her love of cooking. Mostly because that means I don't have to. After breakfast, in order to feel good about our serious plans to lounge around and eat all day, we did about half an hour of cardio. We then watched the Thanksgiving Parade because is it really Thanksgiving without watching the parade? The girls and I then watched what they wait for all year long to come on........the National Dog Show. I am not sure what they find so fascinating about this , but they love it. We were disappointed the whippet didn't win. We grilled some steaks and tried not to eat ANY traditional Thanksgiving Day food. We celebrated Thanksgiving on Sunday and had a wonderful time. It was too bad several people were unable to attend. I hope to get a chance to visit with everyone at Christmas.

Not dog show quality, but we think she's adorable.

My wonderful in-laws

Since we were not just back from a month long trip this year and freshly moved, we were able put some real decorations up. Even though our decorations went up on November 30, I still felt like a Grinch because most of the block put up lights on Thanksgiving Day! We wanted to wait until a few days later because our Thanksgiving was on Sunday and we didn't want to have our Christmas Décor up for two parties.

Everyone loves putting up the tree.

My job is to hand out the items for them to put on the tree.

It looks better in the dark.

Cookie is back and having fun each night. This was A's night.

I love the holidays and Christmas Break starts next week. We have big plans on baking cookies, watching Christmas classics, and looking at lights.

My sweet, sweet girls! The black one has started laying. It is so exciting.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

My boys are huge.....and getting a little scary .

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