wednesday was Thanksgiving Feast day at school! i co-oped in malloy's class. the kids were all so excited for the feast! when rex saw me come in with malloy, he LOST it. he was very very excited to see me and then was very sad that i wasn't sitting with him. when it was time for him to go back to his classroom, he melted down and was sobbing. so he stayed with me and played in malloy's classroom. 

after school, we packed up neal's car and drove to newark valley! the kids did great, yet again! i'm so impressed with how well they're doing with traveling! neither one napped but they can entertain themselves for the 3 1/2 hours!! 

we visited grandma val and grandpa don first for a little bit. they were so excited to see all the christmas decorations that were out! we finally got to give grandma val her get well cards!! she's out of the hospital and on the mend (hopefully!!!). then we went to grandma tappy and grandpa gary's house for dinner. they kids LOVED grandma's mac and cheese! 

thursday: HAPPY THANKSGIVING! we got to watch the parade on tv, malloy helped me make some pumpkin pies, and then we were off to visit with grandma val and grandpa don before we went to roro and papa's house. it was a nice quite thanksgiving dinner there. the kids had so much fun with all the toys that roro brought out for them! they had a blast playing with same and max! rex was playing football with the boys and uncle morgan. he was very comfortable with everyone there! he didn't catch a ball, so he'd say "let's try that again" and try over and over. 

then it was off to the second thanksgiving dinner at chapmams'. the kids were very excited that they got to see bella!!!! they had fun playing with her all night. malloy didn't nap at all and was a basket case at the end of the night!! she was very difficult to put to bed! 

friday: both kids woke up with nasty colds and noses that wouldn't quit!!! i had to but a box of tissues to take with us in the car!! we went to grandma val and grandpa don's in the morning to decorate the christmas tree. malloy LOVED decorating the tree!!! rex did, too, but wasn't feeling too great. he spent a lot of time cuddling with daddy. there was a special treat in an advent calendar for the kids. they had a great time eating the m&ms and chocolate santas that were inside the advent drawers! rexy had a great time playing silly games with grandpa! when we were finished, we had to go back and takes naps so we could go visit cousins and then go to dinner. i woke the kids up from naps - MISTAKE! they were both very cranky and ended up each using one of our phones at the restaurant so they'd be quiet. that was a first! malloy put up a fight again at bedtime and didn't go to bed until after 11! 

today we went to visit great grandma jean in the morning, took naps, and then went to bella's birthday party. the kids were both sickos today full of boogers and coughs. malloy was even drinking lemon tea with honey to soothe her cough!! she had the BEST time checking out bella's new house, especially her room! she absolutely did NOT want to leave. she was kicking, screaming, taking her shoes off after we put them on. she just kept yelling "I WANT TO LIVE WITH BELLA!" half of the drive home, she alternated between sobbing and saying "please please PRETTY PLEASE can i live with bella?!" then she snapped out of it once we started seeing lots of christmas lights. then the kids had a great time spotting all the different lights! malloy went to bed a tad better tonight, i threatened to swat her butt if she got out of bed again. that seemed to work!!!