I’m not really feeling ready to get back to the “real world” just yet, are you? It’s been a nice weekend; we had a lovely Thanksgiving. And I’m still holding on to it…I haven’t even thought about decorating for Christmas yet, though I know I’ll have to eventually.

In the meantime, I’ll give you a random list of “stuff from our Thanksgiving weekend”:

1. Thanksgiving dinner was very nice, very filling, and very yummy. C. helped me with my Pumpkin Cheesecake preparation, and even took almost-full responsibility for the crust. He did a fine job, I must say. Here he is measuring out 30 oz. of gingersnaps to put in the food processor:

2. Despite the yumminess of the Thanksgiving dinner, L. refused to eat any of it. Can you guess what he ate instead? Cheerios and Apple Jacks. I kid you not. I’m sure the Pilgrims and Indians from centuries ago were rolling in their graves as my 2-year-old turned down candied yams, moist turkey, rolls, & cranberry sauce, and instead asked for “More Papple Gacks, peeeze!” Oh well. More for the rest of us, I guess.

3. We finally watched Wall-E, a movie we missed when it was in theaters. (Who am I kidding? We pretty much miss ALL movies in theaters. Netflix is our friend.) We really enjoyed it (though I might have liked the “Burn-E” short even more).

4. Our local Christian bookstore moved to a new location recently and I thought I’d just “pop over and check it out” since I had a fantastic coupon and figured it’d be slow. (No, I didn’t go on Black Friday.) My first clue that I was dead wrong came when I realized that there was not a single parking space to be found when I maneuvered my way into the incredibly inconveniently-situated parking lot.

My second clue came when I could not get in the door because it was blocked by a giant caterpillar. Sadly, the caterpillar was not there in honor of me, but rather it was Hermie, there to entertain children. I fought my way through the toddler and preschool mob, only to find myself face to face with gigantic vegetables: Bob and Larry. There is something wrong when Bob the Tomato is taller than me. I was surprised that children were not screaming in fear. Needless to say, I survived, but learned my lesson: absolutely NO shopping on Thanksgiving weekend. Ever.

5. Yesterday morning, before we left for church, I forced asked my kids to let me take some pictures of them together, hoping to get a good one for our Christmas cards. Because really, what better time to yell things like, “Stop moving! Keep smiling! Try to look like you love your brother! Look at the camera!” than right before you leave for church? L. alternated between being annoyed that C.’s head was in his personal space, and being happy to see his brother looking so joyful. Though this isn’t the picture we’re using on the card, I was quite happy to snap this candid moment between the two of them:

Well, that about covers things here. Hope your weekend was as nice as ours!