Thanksgiving & Black Friday

We had an enjoyable day with our friends the McDonalds yesterday for Thanksgiving. The kids "swam" in the hot tub. The dads watched football and other TV in the "man cave", which also contains the hot tub... So they were on lifeguard duty some of the time.

It was Babsy's first American Thanksgiving. We let her have the honor of scooping the stuffing out of the turkey. She also peeled about a thousand potatoes so we could have lots leftover mashed potatoes to send home with our guests.

All the food turned out wonderfully. Everyone was sufficiently in the state of a food coma. The teens went straight to their after-Thanksgiving meal snooze.

Today, Tess and I departed the house early for a little Black Friday shopping. We hit Kohl's (which had some good deals, but MILE LONG lines to the register), Target, Best Buy, Sport's Authority, Walmart, and Fred Meyer. We only actually purchased things at Target, Walmart, and Fred Meyer.

We got back home around 11:30am. Tess had to go babysit at 12:15 in Eagle River. Stephen brought in my tubs of Christmas decorations from the shed. Then he went off to do some Black Friday shopping of his own. Tess dropped Babsy off at Fred Meyer on her way into Eagle River. Alicia went down for her nap and I did some decorating and gingerbread house baking while the snow fell steadily outside our picture windows.

I've got Christmas CD's playing. It's a peaceful holiday afternoon.