This year, we treked to the Lake of the Ozarks for Thanksgiving. Kate and Sam got to play with their second cousins, Kori and Callie, which was a lot of fun. At some point, Sam was overwhelmed by girl time and retreated to the TV, but he did a pretty good job coping. Neither of them really enjoyed the feast-- I think Sam ate 3 rolls and Kate liked the green beans and pumpkin pie.
We stayed overnight at a hotel across from the Osage Beach outlet malls. The kids loved getting to swim, and we had the whole pool to ourselves. By whole pool, it sounds massive, but it was in fact about the size of my living room. They loved it. I went outlet shopping on Black Friday with my parents, which was semi-productive. I'm down to 3 people on my list now, so that's pretty good.
We took them to see Santa at a local fundraising breakfast. We had Chris Cakes first and then they sat on santa's lap. The picture is great of the two of them, but I can't help but look at Santa's mustache, which was showing underneath the fake beard/mustache he was wearing. Odd. Oh well. They loved it anyway. Sam kept going over to the Chris Cakes pancake guy and talking his ear off. I'm not sure what he was talking about, but that conversation went on and on. I guess we can safely say he has my gift of gab. Sam asked Santa for Han Solo's lego ship (the Millenium Falcon for those who aren't up to speed), and Kate asked for a "princess dress with a crown." Both pretty good requests. I'm thrilled that my kids are able to narrow the list down to one thing for Santa-- it seems so much less greedy, even if in their hearts they want one of everything.
They really play so well together and had a great time over the long weekend. On Thanksgiving and every day, I can say we're truly blessed.
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