So Much to Be Thankful For

Ethan has been waiting for this week for almost a month. For 2 reasons really, 1 the pumpkin pie (he is head over heals in love with it and has been begging for some since pumpkins started arriving in stores back in September) and 2 because Taylor's cousins that he loves were coming to visit. He seriously was counting down the days like it was Christmas.
The week was filled with lots of family time and lots of good food and lots and lots of snow. Taylor's grandpa lives just down the street so we got to have dinner there several nights and all the kids enjoyed his stash of legos. Yep, even Miles enjoyed them- eating them of course.

And we decided to take advantage of the FOOT of snow we got and went sledding twice. Both times Taylor was at work so it was a good workout for me dragging kids and sleds up and down the hill. Ethan took to it immediately and had no fear of going by himself or with others. He tried out all the sled types and finally settled on a round disc that seemed to let him fly the farthest.

Isaac is a bit more of a scaredy cat. The first day he refused to ride down with anyone but me which was hard because that meant Miles also had to ride with us (since he's a total mommas boy- love it!) and then I had to drag them all up the hill again. So the second time we went I told Isaac that he could ride with the cousins or Ethan or Aunt Deanna but not with me- only Miles got to ride with me. After some complaints, he decided he didn't want to ride with ANYONE and would go ALONE.

He picked this long sled and insisted on laying down on his back and riding that way. Honestly we tried to convice him to sit up or use another sled but his mind was made up.

And so down the hill he went.. OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!! He LOVED it! It scared me to death each time since the snow was fairly packed down and bumpy and his sled would turn sideways and then hit bumps. It only flipped on him once and he was at the bottom by then so no harm done. Luckily the wonderful cousins helped him carry his sled back up again and he was in heaven.

Miles was not so excited about the snow. Poor thing got pretty cold in the snow and while he went down the hill with me several times without complaint, he also didn't even give me a smile or a clap afterwards so I think he was just being a good sport and putting up with the marshmallow snowsuit and hat and gloves. We didn't last long because stopped being a good sport after a while, but we're looking forward to the next snowfall for more sledding- this time with Daddy!

Unfortunately we were too rushed at the last minute getting out all the food to take any pictures but we had a wonderful meal with the whole family and we're grateful for the long weekend with time to spend together and time to appreciate all our wonderful blessings. Okay and to do some fabulous Black Friday shopping but it was nice to have so much time together.