I heart long weekends! I am thankful the Army typically gets a 4 day for most holidays and that my soldier was home this year to enjoy it with. We have had a great time. We always try to make the most of these long weekends.
Wednesday morning the BN Rear D had a family fun run so we woke up early and headed onto Post to walk with daddy and his soldiers. Luckily it was only about 1.5 miles total and the boys sat in the double jogger and P walked. It was a success and lots of soldiers had their families or dogs with them. Afterwards, a bunch of us all went to breakfast together. P went back to work with Brandon and I headed home with the boys. After I laid Scott down for his morning nap, I got to work on whipping up the casseroles for the Thanksgiving meal. We spent most of the afternoon playing outside. Then we decided to head out to town to get some dinner. We ended up at the new Panera Bread and it did not disappoint. After that we went down to the Riverwalk to see all the Christmas lights. It was a great night for it and all the lights were beautiful. We let the kiddos play on the playground before heading back to the van and heading home. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving was on TV that night and we all enjoyed watching it.
Thursday morning we woke up and had monkey bread for breakfast. Then I got to work on cooking the pumpkin pie. Mimi & Papa were on their way to see us from Wisconsin so we planned to wait to eat our meal till 330/4. After I laid Scott down for his morning nap, we prepared the turkey and got it into the oven. Brandon took P and Henry up to Walmart to get the newspaper so we could check out all the Black Friday ads. The weather was very nice that day so we soaked up some outside time. I finished up cooking that afternoon and we all sat down to eat around 4. It was all very yummy and we were thankful to have Mimi & Papa to share the meal with. That night after we got the kids all ready for bed and laid Scott down, Brandon & I left to venture out into town and check out some of the sales. We made a pit stop at Steak n Shake for a little snack. Then we waited in line outside of Toys R Us for almost 1.5 hours before making our way in. We found the toys we were looking for and checked out then walked over to the Target. Our goal was to score the RCA dual 7" portable DVD players that they had for $59 which was $70 off the original price. That place was a made house but thankfully they still had some of the DVD players so we grabbed one and a few other things and got in line. We waited over an hour just to check out. We stopped at Walmart before heading home but we didn't see anything there. All in all, it was kind of fun night!
Friday we had already planned to take the kiddos bowling on Post at Hooper's. They were giving away 3 free games for Black Friday. We all had lunch at Zaxby's before splitting off. Papa stayed home with Scott and Mimi came with us to bowl. It was crowded but luckily we scored a lane. The kids loved it! It was a lot of fun for all of us. That afternoon Brandon started decorating the outside of the house for Christmas. Its still coming together but it looks so pretty. Scott loved looking at the lights. We all had leftovers for dinner. Then after all the kids were ready for bed, Brandon and I went on a date to the movies. We saw Lincoln and it was very good! I definitely recommend it.
Saturday morning my dad headed back to Wisconsin. Peighton, Mimi & I went down to Nashville to do some shopping at the Opry Mills Mall while Brandon stayed home with the boys. We had a good time but after we broke for lunch the mall was getting unreasonably crowded. We did a few more stores then headed on home. That afternoon Brandon finished decorating the outside for Christmas as well as put the tree up in the house and I decorated it with ornaments. We ordered pizza for lunch and watched some football. So proud of the South Carolina Gamecocks in another victory over their rival Clemson! It was a good game!!
Sunday was a bit of a lazy day. I caught up on some laundry. We all went and had some lunch then stopped by Target to pick up a few things then headed to the museum for some play time for the kiddos. All 3 munchkins had fun and played hard! We came back home and let Scott take his afternoon nap. Brandon grilled pork chops for dinner. We had our usual nightly routine and all the kids had their baths. Nice, quiet end to a great long weekend!! But we are ready to get back to our normalness ;)
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