ole schnikees: 2015 :: 47/52 :: Thanksgiving & Lefse day

Tuesday was Chloe's birthday party, so we went to the neighb's house in the morning for that. it was a great party with games, a craft, snack, pizza lunch, and cake & ice cream! Trevor played the games, did the craft, and ate at the table with the big kids. :) we also cleaned that morning for thanksgiving and T helped me.

Al had so many hours this week!! (ugh, stresses a wife out & makes her worry even more). he worked 11a-11p Sunday & Monday, but ended up staying late Monday night/Tuesday morning to help with a search warrant. well at 130a he got a call from a supervisor saying, "you know you work at 645a, right?" well, no he didn't know that, no one told him & it wasn't on the main schedule. so he got home at 2a and had to leave for work at 6a. then he had to stay late from that shift, too. he was supposed to be done at 315p

Wednesday morning we went and played at the neighb's for a bit before they left for the weekend. then in the afternoon, mom came down so we could get the turkey going first thing in the morning Thursday so that we could have thanksgiving lunch with Al before he had to work at 3p. it was a delicious, successful thanksgiving lunch with turkey all the fixin's and pie! trevor didn't eat much but the roll, but he hasn't been eating much so we'll keep trying with the leftovers. Al went to work at 3 in the sleet (it rained all morning) then it turned to snow.

Friday morning, Al, T and I drove to Wausau to see Al's family in the morning. we got to Althea/Grandpa Peter's house about 930am. we hung out with Grandpa Peter, Althea and Althea's boyfriend Chad til we left just before 2. Trevor loved Althea's pets, dog Griffin and cats Joey & Peppernut. we had a yummy lunch of ham, potatoes, green beans, brussel sprouts, etc. then Althea made pumpkin cheesecake parfaits.

Saturday was Lefse day at mom's house! all 3 of us went up that morning. they had about an inch or so of snow up there, so before nap Al, Trevor and I went out to play in the snow for a while. then trevor napped until everyone got there just after 2. Trevor liked playing with/near his cousins Ruby and Tula. he also had some fun with my uncles and aunts. we made lots of lefse, had lots of laughs, and drank some. :) it was fun but exhausting. then that night, after everyone left & T was in bed, mom's furnace wouldn't turn on. so we had to get the space heater near the bedrooms and mom slept out in the living room where her little fire place is. I didn't sleep much because I kept checking on trevor and the space heater to make sure he wasn't cold.

sunday morning we headed out right after breakfast and drove home to eau Claire and to heat. (the furnace guy came that morning after we left) Trevor took a long nap and I watched the Vikings game and tried to nap. Sunday was Al's Monday.

Monday morning we all ran to Menards and then came home and put our Christmas tree up. we were supposed to get snow/rain starting in the morning but didn't get anything (the cities had snow on the ground when they woke up).

Trevor painted birthday presents and cards :)

helping momma clean

he ate a whole slice of pizza!

and loved the cake & ice cream :)

the little kids didn't have blindfolds on (he has his crown on) but he did great following Jodi's directions for the game

snack wands

wearing dada's work boots

playing with cooper

he took a digger while trying to get out of a wagon on the kitchen floor and banged up his lip pretty good. it only swelled at first and was a big spot, but wasn't as bad I thought. he did it right before lunch so eating was a struggle as it hurt him to bump it or get food on it.