After Thanksgiving Shopping

What do you love about Thanksgiving?

1. The day off of work?  yes.  love it.

2. Family?  yes, they rock too.

3. Leftovers for days?  bring them on. 

But even with this amazing list, I need to give a special shout out to the shopping on the day after Thanksgiving, a truly American holiday activity.  Without fail, my mother, sister and I go every year.  My sister in law also rounds out the group, even if she has to rock out her shopping remotely (her mad shopping skills deserve their own shout out).

Why do we do it, this shopping on this day of the year?  There are crowds and lines and so many people, but really those don't matter when you are watching your mom try on 8 pairs of shoes only to make the same funny face of dislike again and again.  I can't stop myself from trying on the 8 right behind her, making a different face of dislike, and then handing her another pair.  The crowds, lines and people just fall away. 

Pants

I hemmed these pants like nobody's business!

Sometimes love is a hemmed pair of pants the night before a cold school morning. William doesn't ask for much (or maybe he does, but I can't hear him above the noise created by his sisters) but he doesn't like to wear pants. He much prefers shorts. But tomorrow is going to be 20 degrees in the morning, so the boy must wear pants. It is the least I can do for my little 9 year old man.

Happy in Shorts

One Million Selfies-Abby

I leave my phone with Abby for five minutes and I return to about 20 selfies of Abby in her finest poses.  I will be looking through my phone and find Abby selfies in large quantities.  These are from a doctor's appointment where Abby had my sunglasses and a few minutes to kill. 

Everyone got their hair done

 

After bath time tonight, I went ahead and gave everyone a ponytail.  Matt had the least, um, material to work with.  William has a surprising amount of hair.  Harper and Abby are bored by my efforts to keep their hair organized, but tonight they were both willing.