We had an amazing Thanksgiving with friends in the area, having a non-traditional feast of goat meat and rice. It was fantastic! It was a huge blessing to be surrounded by great people and amazing food.
I was off work on Black Friday and Jack and I decorated our little table top tree with all of his favorite ornaments.
After we finished he asked where the star was for the top. We don't have one so he said he would make one. I was in the kitchen cooking while he went to work making a star. I wasn't sure what he was going to end up with and if it would even be something we could use, but I left him to do it. When he was done and showed me the finished product, I was floored! I couldn't believe what he ahd done. The only issue was how would we get it to stay on the tree? Then I had the brilliant idea of attaching it to a toilet paper roll. And now we have the best tree topper I could ever imagine having!
The week after Thanksgiving our elf, Fook-Dook made his appearance. He likes leaving presents for Jack on occasion and of course, Jack loves it too!
For Christmas, Sidney stayed home due to work and Jack and I made the drive to upstate NY on our own. It was hard not having Sidney with us on Christmas, but I think he enjoyed some peace and quiet. :)
We went up on Monday and Jack's birthday was on Tuesday. I'll write about his birthday in a separate post. I was most looking forward to Wednesday- the big Christmas Eve party! It was great seeing family that I hadn't seen in 2 years!
I was so happy to see my Grandma. I miss her so much and really wish I could see her more. Here are a couple photos of Jack and his Nana.
I see my dad fairly regularly but it was nice having him there too. Here's our selfie. :)
We stayed at my mom's and spent Christmas day with her. I really didn't get too many pictures. Here's one of Jack on Christmas morning, with his gift from Santa (which was the Lego set he asked for). He doesn't look thrilled but trust me, he was!
I scaled way back this year and Jack got 1 big gift from Santa and some smaller gifts from us. He got a pair of Ninja Turtle pajamas, legos, a game, a movie, a Spider-Man toy, and of course a stocking (actually 2!) filled with cool stuff. He got 1 on Christmas morning and 1 at home when we opened gifts with daddy. It was less than we would normally do but still more than enough!
It's definitely nice being in your own home for Christmas. One tradition we have is making cookies every Christmas Eve which we weren't able to do last year since we were out of town. But nothing beats being surrounded by family during such a wonderful time of year!
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