Friday

The day after Thanksgiving, we set up Christmas.  We went down with my brother Seth to choose a Christmas tree.  Where it was freezing last year on this day... this year, no one needed coats (though Sam insisted on wearing his out of principle), kids were all in shorts, and we took our time.  I'll post pictures from my phone in a minute.  We had fun though.  The kids were very motivated to help, and Evelyn found that if she scooted the piano bench next to the tree, she could hang ornaments up high. 

Ada's been practicing lots for her upcoming Piano Recital.  She's gotten where she's familiar with the song and doesn't have to look at her fingers anymore to find her place.  I'm excited for her.  Sam wants to start piano lessons too, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that.  Maybe next year. 

After all this, we had an epic game of Arkham Horror.  Janelle, Seth, me, Jer, James and even my parents came to chat while we played.  It was fun, and I have a million pictures of the board game courtesy of my 3 year old playing with my phone.