Turkey Time!

The Friday before Thanksgiving, Andrew celebrated with his Kindergarten class. They played games, dressed as pilgrims (girls) and Native Americans (boys) and dined on a feast. Mrs. Sparks also sat them down to visit about things for which they were thankful.

For weeks, Levi had been looking forward to eating turkey with Grandpa, saying nom, nom, nom when we asked him what we do with the turkey. With no school for the older two, we headed north on Wednesday morning. We celebrated Thanksgiving on Wednesday evening with the Todd side of the family. Leave it to our boys to end the evening on a rough spot. Levi managed to throw up in Grandma and Grandpa's living room before bed!

It must have been a fluke because all were fine by the next morning, in time for parades and fun! We spent the day playing with aunts, uncles, and cousin Kinsley. With the Thanksgiving festivities already done, Carrie, Grandma, Mommy, Andrew and Jeremiah headed out to a late afternoon showing of the Peanuts movie. Then, we headed to the G&G Schnitzler. Daddy and uncle Roger left VERY early in the morning to take cousin Kyle to the O'hare airport.

Decorating Grandma Schnitzler's Christmas tree

The boys played with cousins. They helped Grandma and uncle Roger put up Christmas decorations. Andrew and Levi headed off to the farm to do chores. We watched cousin Devin play basketball.

We departed early Sunday to meet aunt Caitlin and uncle Matt for a visit to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. This was a gift to the boys. Levi LOVED all the fish, and found one special turtle to watch. Jeremiah learned so much and Andrew just had a great time!

It was soon time to head home and prep for returning to our regular schedule.

Levi and Jeremiah checking out frogs

Levi and his turtle friend.