Thanksgiving Weekend!

So we had a fabulous weekend! It was great because Laini came to visit, wohooo!, Chris had four days off of school!, and we got to eat yummy food! I picked Laini up bright and early at 7am Thanksgiving morning. I showed her the view of downtown Seattle and we went home to wake up the kids. Laini whispered in Brooklyn's ear and she opened her eyes and smiled and said, "Hi Laini!" Then Beckham woke up and Laini went in to get him and he held his arms out and then when he realized it wasn't me he took a double take, it was funny. We went downstairs and as always, Laini cannot wait for anyone to open presents at Christmas time and since she wasn't seeing the kids at Christmas, she had them open her presents. They were a hit! The kids got a play dough ice cream sundae factory, it's so cute and they played with it all weekend. Beckham got m&m dispensers and loved them....he's an m&m junky! Brooklyn also got some fun Hello Kitty stuff.

We spent the rest of the morning, having breakfast, watching the parade, looking through ads and hanging out. We saw some good deals at Big Lots!...Laini's favorite store so we HAD to go. It was fun and we found some fun stuff. Then when we got back we started cooking. Brooklyn and Chris made the turkey and Laini and I made maple sausage and apple stuffing, loaded mashed potato casserole, corn on the cob, spinach and artichoke dip, grandma's homemade noodles, and pumpkin cream pie.

We had a turkey coloring contest and Laini won and we played pin the hat on the turkey...Brooklyn and Beckham won. We ate our yummy dinner and had a fun evening going down to the waterfront showing Laini the city lights.

Early Friday morning Beckham woke up at 5am crying and I took my time getting him....well Laini beat me to it and he was hugging her when I went in to get him. I told her that I would take him and started to take him and he pulled away from me and hugged her even tighter....it was so sweet. She went and laid down with him and he cuddled and slept by her for another hour! Cute! That was sweet because Chris and I got to go to the good sales at 6am! Wohoo, yay for a babysitter!

Later Friday morning we headed up to the mountains and took Laini to Snoquamie Falls. Then we took her to some neighborhoods where we want to buy a house....we ended up looking at some model homes and they were AMAZING!!! It was so much fun. We came home and made a gingerbread house and gingerbread men. The kids really got into it and we had a blast. They were good little decorators. And they ate a lot of candy! Beckham was hilarious he was making the little men dance, it was cute.

Saturday, we showed Laini the sites of Seattle. We started with Pioneer Square and then to the main downtown area where we went to a hotel that had a gingerbread house display. The theme was superheroes, they were really cool. Brooklyn loved it because they had Batman, Superman and the Ninja Turtles. From there we headed to Pike's Market to see them throw the fish and then went to the Pacific Science Center to see the dinosaurs, bugs and the butterflies....and to the the space needle of course.

Sunday was spent relaxing, driving around, going to the park, church and eating leftovers.....we had a great time! The kids had a blast with Aunt Laini, they had a lot of fun playing with her, especially the dance parties. We miss you Laini!