~Thanksgiving 2010~

We headed to Indiana the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to celebrate Turkey Day with our families.  The kids did very well on the trip home.  We only stopped once for food through a drive thru and made very good time going home.  Thursday we celebrated Thanksgiving with my family.  My parents made their usual yummy meal and we watched lots of football.  Later that evening Derek and I took Addy to see Tangled, while Carter stayed home with Grandma and Grandpa. 

Enjoying her turkey!

Hanging out with Grandma Schum

Friday morning I headed out for my usual Black Friday shopping excursion.  This year my dad agreed to go with me since my mom was working and Derek stayed back with the kids.  I was very surprised that my dad was willing to go, as his patience for crowds and crazy people is very limited.  He was surprisingly very well behaved and and an excellent shopping buddy.  Although we didn't find everything we were looking for, we did manage to snag a few good deals and were home in record time.

One of papaw's Black Friday purchases

Friday evening we headed to dinner with my family and then to Santa Claus to see the lights at Lake Rudolph and to visit Santa at the Christmas Store.  Addy loved the lights and "oohed" and "awed" through the entire thing.  I think Christmas with a two year old is going to be a ton of fun this year.  Both Addy and Carter did great with Santa.  Carter managed to grab a handful of Santa's beard and his wire-rimmed glasses, but Santa remained jolly through it all!  We had a lot of fun kicking off the Christmas season with the fun things in Santa Claus!

Who is this guy?

A couple of kids that are on the good list

Saturday morning we headed  Evansville to celebrate with Derek's mom, brother, and his family.We headed to the mall to brave the shopping crazies and go to Build-a-Bear. Earlier in the month I came across a good deal at Build-A-Bear (groupon.com is great!) and Derek's mom bought certificates for the three grandchildren to make their own animal.  Addy and Cameron made Rudolphs, while Carter made a puppy.  It was a lot of fun the kids really enjoyed making their animals.  Addy loves her Rudolph and is constantly singing his song and making him talk.

Giving Rudolph and Dasher a bath

Saturday afternoon we had a yummy dinner of crepes and put up the Christmas tree at Derek's Mom's house.  It was a ton of fun watching the cousins interact and decorate the tree together.  Addy was very interested in putting ornaments on the tree, and liked putting all of the ornaments next to each other along the bottom of the tree. Cameron enjoyed taking the ornaments off that Addy hung and Carter enjoyed watching the chaos and trying to get his hands on anything he could. 

Storytime with Grandma Freihaut

We had a wonderful visit with both of our families and enjoyed our time in Indiana.  We look forward to visiting with everyone again over Christmas.  Hopefully we will get to see more of our extended families as well!